Terrorist Threat on Rise in Germany, Attacks Possible at Any Time

Rasa - Germany may be targeted by terrorists at any time with air, railway transport as well as crowded places such as fairs, markets and festivals being especially vulnerable to possible terror attacks, according to secret governmental report on domestic security.

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Date: 15 September 2016 - 21:17

RNA - The terrorist threat in Germany continues to increase and the country could be targeted any time, a secret governmental report on domestic security said as cited by a local newspaper Thursday.

“The Federal Republic of Germany is a declared and actual target for terrorists’ violence. German agencies and interests are subjected to the hypothetical threat within the country as well as in other parts of the world,” the Bild newspaper quoted the secret report prepared in June, according to Sputnik.

The paper said that there is the heightened risk that sympathizers of terrorist organizations that have no direct links to such groups may commit their own attacks.

On July 18, a 17-year-old Afghan asylum seeker launched an axe and knife attack on passengers of a commuter train in Bavaria, wounding five tourists. Four days later, a German of Asian origin shot down nine people in Munich and committed suicide.

On July 24, a Syrian refugee exploded a bomb outside a music festival in Bavaria’s Ansbach, killing himself and wounding 15 bystanders, while another Syrian killed a woman with a machete in Reutlingen near Stuttgart. Daesh (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the bombing.

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