German police reported the arrest of the following person this Thursday: alleged members HamasHe is suspected of planning attacks against Jewish targets in Europe. Three arrests were made Berlin and the fourth in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Sources of secret services DenmarkPET also reported that there were several more arrests in this country, apparently linked to the previous ones, but so far the details of the operation have not been disclosed.
Those detained in the German capital are citizens EgyptianA. Dutch and one LebanonThe prosecutor’s office accused them of belonging to an organization foreign terrorist organization And possession of weapons. One of them will be the coordinator of the group that will organize the weapons depot for Palestinian terrorism from the German capital. The weekly newspaper “Der Spiegel” reported, based on police sources, that the activities of the group They are not in a direct relationship Hamas’ attacks on Israel on October 7 began between last spring and summer.
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Germany’s security forces, like France and other European countries, are alarmed by the increasing danger of attacks on its territory, especially against Jewish targets. Security devices have also been doubled christmas markets Reinforcements have arrived from all over Germany since the attack by Tunisian jihadists Anis Amri against one of these in 2019 center of berlin. 12 people lost their lives when the terrorist threw a stolen 25-ton truck into the market.
Head of Internal Affairs of the European Commission (EC), Ylva Johansson, A few days earlier he had warned that Europe faced “tremendous danger of attack” during the upcoming Christmas holidays as a result of the war between Israel and Hamas.