Germany arrests Syrian national over ‘plot to kill soldiers with two machetes’
4 months ago

Germany arrests Syrian national over ‘plot to kill soldiers with two machetes’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Unauthorised migration to European Union countries dropped significantly overall in the first eight months of this year, even as political rhetoric around migration increased. Despite the heated debates, irregular crossings over the southern borders of the EU – the region that sees the most unauthorised migration – were down by 35 per cent from January to August, according to the latest preliminary figures compiled by the United Nation's International Organisation for Migration. Nearly 115,000 migrants, less than 0.03 per cent of the EU's population — have arrived without permission into the EU via Mediterranean and Atlantic routes so far this year, compared to 176,252 during the same period last year, the UN says. Data shared by the EU's border and coast guard agency Frontex shows a similar trend: Unauthorized crossings over the region's southern borders fell 39 per cent overall this year compared to last year.

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German security, intel chiefs to be quizzed over Dec 20 Christmas market attack
2 weeks, 3 days ago

German security, intel chiefs to be quizzed over Dec 20 Christmas market attack

India Today  

German security and intelligence chiefs are due on Monday to face questioning about the car-ramming attack that killed five people and wounded more than 200 at a Christmas market 10 days ago. They will be quizzed about possible missed clues and security failures before the December 20 attack in the eastern city of Magdeburg, where police arrested the 50-year-old Saudi …

Watch: Germany’s far-right AfD party protests after deadly Christmas market attack
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Watch: Germany’s far-right AfD party protests after deadly Christmas market attack

The Independent  

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Germany warns Assad supporters involved in atrocities in Syria against trying to flee there
1 month ago

Germany warns Assad supporters involved in atrocities in Syria against trying to flee there

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany’s foreign minister is warning anyone involved in atrocities for the ousted Syrian government against seeking refuge in her country, saying they would face “the full force of the law.” Germany has been a major destination for Syrian refugees over the past decade, and several hundred thousand Syrian nationals live there. “To any of Assad’s torturers who might …

Germany foils terror attack plot with arrests of suspected Islamists
1 month ago

Germany foils terror attack plot with arrests of suspected Islamists

Hindustan Times  

Three suspected Islamist extremists have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of preparing a "serious act of violence", with an assault rifle and knives also seized, authorities said Tuesday. Police swooped Sunday on the homes of two German-Lebanese brothers aged 15 and 20 in the city of Mannheim, and a 22-year-old German-Turkish man from the Hochtaunus district of Hessen state. …

Syrians in Germany worried by some politicians' eagerness for them to go home after Assad's fall
1 month ago

Syrians in Germany worried by some politicians' eagerness for them to go home after Assad's fall

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As Syrians took to the streets of Berlin Sunday, …

Germany arrests eight members of far-right paramilitary group
2 months, 1 week ago

Germany arrests eight members of far-right paramilitary group

Raw Story  

German police on Tuesday arrested eight suspected members of a right-wing extremist group that had trained for what they expected would be the collapse of state order, prosecutors said. Hundreds of police in pre-dawn raids swooped on 20 locations linked to the militant group "Saxonian Separatists" in formerly communist eastern Germany and neighboring Poland, with locations also searched in Austria. …

German police arrest 8 suspected members of a far-right militant group
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2 months, 1 week ago

German police arrest 8 suspected members of a far-right militant group

The Independent  

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Islamic extremist plotted to attack German soldiers during their lunch break, prosecutors say
4 months ago

Islamic extremist plotted to attack German soldiers during their lunch break, prosecutors say

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An alleged Islamic extremist has …

Islamic extremist plotted to attack German soldiers during their lunch break, prosecutors say
4 months ago

Islamic extremist plotted to attack German soldiers during their lunch break, prosecutors say

Associated Press  

BERLIN — An alleged Islamic extremist has been arrested in connection with plotting an attack on German soldiers during their lunch break in Munich, killing as many of them as possible and causing a feeling of insecurity among the larger population, authorities said Friday. The 27-year-old Syrian is a suspected supporter of radical Islamic ideology, according to the Munich public …

Germany deports Afghan nationals for first time since Taliban takeover in 2021
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Germany deports Afghan nationals for first time since Taliban takeover in 2021

The Independent  

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German government to hold talks with the opposition on responses to the Solingen attack
4 months, 2 weeks ago

German government to hold talks with the opposition on responses to the Solingen attack

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Top German officials said Wednesday they will hold talks with the country’s opposition and state governments on ways to step up deportations and curb migration following the Solingen knife attack, in which a suspected extremist from Syria who had avoided being deported is accused of killing three people. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Interior Minister Nancy Faeser will invite …

Germany's Scholz promises more deportations after visiting mass stabbing scene
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Germany's Scholz promises more deportations after visiting mass stabbing scene

Hindustan Times  

* Germany's Scholz promises more deportations after visiting mass stabbing scene Scholz decries 'terrorism against us all' * Far-right points to attack in election campaign * Government says suspect's deportation 'failed in practice' By Rachel More BERLIN, - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to step up deportations on Monday during a visit to Solingen, where a deadly mass stabbing linked …

Moment German police drag terror suspect out of helicopter: Asylum seeking Syrian, 26, who handed himself in over festival attack that left three dead is named and hauled before court
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Moment German police drag terror suspect out of helicopter: Asylum seeking Syrian, 26, who handed himself in over festival attack that left three dead is named and hauled before court

Daily Mail  

The suspect of the shocking terror attack in Germany that gripped the world on Friday night has been named and charged for the first time. He was seen today getting dragged to his arraignment at the Federal Supreme Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, by federal police officers who took him to the southwestern courthouse via helicopter. The suspect was seen getting …

What is Islamic State, the group implicated in Germany stabbing?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

What is Islamic State, the group implicated in Germany stabbing?

Hindustan Times  

By Michael Georgy What is Islamic State, the group implicated in Germany stabbing? DUBAI, - Islamic State has described the 26-year-old Syrian man taken into custody after a stabbing rampage in the western German city of Solingen as a "soldier" of the group. Its then leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, killed in 2019 by U.S. special forces in northwestern Syria, rose …

Suspect in Germany attack motivated by Islamic State ideology, prosecutors say
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Suspect in Germany attack motivated by Islamic State ideology, prosecutors say

LA Times  

Flowers and candles are placed Sunday in Solingen, Germany, near the site of Friday’s deadly attack. A Syrian man on Sunday was ordered held on suspicion of murder and membership in a terrorist organization in connection with the Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded at a festival marking the city’s 650th anniversary. A judge at the …

German police arrest knife rampage suspect as Islamic State claims attack
4 months, 3 weeks ago

German police arrest knife rampage suspect as Islamic State claims attack

The Hindu  

German police on Saturday arrested the suspect behind a knife rampage that left three people dead at a local festival in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. “We have just arrested the true suspect,” North Rhine-Westphalia region Interior Minister Herbert Reul said on public television late Saturday evening. In a statement on Telegram, IS’s Amaq propaganda arm said …

Germany terror attack: Police arrest second suspect after raiding refugee shelter in Solingen as ISIS claims responsibility for knifeman rampage which killed three people
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Germany terror attack: Police arrest second suspect after raiding refugee shelter in Solingen as ISIS claims responsibility for knifeman rampage which killed three people

Daily Mail  

German police have made a second arrest in their investigation into a knife attack at a diversity festival in Germany which killed three people on Friday. The refugee building was just 300 metres from the scene of the stabbing in Fronhof and just 150 meters from where the suspected murder weapon was recovered People take part in a memorial service …

At least 7 arrested in Germany and Sweden on suspicion of committing war crimes in Syria
6 months, 1 week ago

At least 7 arrested in Germany and Sweden on suspicion of committing war crimes in Syria

Associated Press  

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — At least seven people have been arrested in Germany and Sweden on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes in Syria in 2012-2014, authorities in the two countries said Wednesday. In a coordinated effort that also involved the European Union judicial cooperation agency Eurojust, the EU police agency Europol, and several other unnamed European countries, …

German chancellor vows to deport criminals following brutal attack by Afghan migrant
7 months, 1 week ago

German chancellor vows to deport criminals following brutal attack by Afghan migrant

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed Thursday that Germany will start deporting criminals from Afghanistan and Syria again after a knife attack by an Afghan immigrant last week left one police officer dead and four more people injured. “In such cases, Germany’s security interests outweigh the interests of the perpetrator.” Migration has been one of the major topics during the …

Court in Germany convicts a man inspired by the Islamic State group of committing 2 knife attacks
1 year ago

Court in Germany convicts a man inspired by the Islamic State group of committing 2 knife attacks

Associated Press  

BERLIN — A Syrian man described as radicalized was convicted of murder, attempted murder and bodily harm on Tuesday over two knife attacks in Germany this year, including an assault on visitors to a gym. The Duesseldorf state court determined that he bears particularly severe guilt, meaning that he won’t be eligible for release after 15 years as is usually …

Germany arrests French woman who allegedly joined Islamic State in Syria
1 year, 1 month ago

Germany arrests French woman who allegedly joined Islamic State in Syria

LA Times  

Islamic State fighters who attacked a prison in northeast Syria were arrested by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in January 2022. German authorities Thursday announced the arrest of a French woman who allegedly committed war crimes in Syria after joining the extremist group Islamic State. She allegedly traveled to Syria in September 2013, where she first joined Jabhat al Nusra …

German police raid locations across the country in connection with smuggling of Syrian migrants
1 year, 3 months ago

German police raid locations across the country in connection with smuggling of Syrian migrants

The Independent  

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Alleged ex-member of Syrian militia arrested in Germany, accused of crimes against humanity
1 year, 5 months ago

Alleged ex-member of Syrian militia arrested in Germany, accused of crimes against humanity

Associated Press  

BERLIN — An alleged former member of a Syrian pro-government militia has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of crimes against humanity related to the abuse and torture of civilians in the early years of his country’s civil war, prosecutors said Thursday. Between 2012 and 2015, the suspect was a local leader of a militia loyal to the government of …

Germany arrests 7 alleged members of network that helped finance Islamic State
1 year, 7 months ago

Germany arrests 7 alleged members of network that helped finance Islamic State

The Hindu  

Seven people were arrested in raids across Germany on May 31 against alleged members of a network that helped finance the Islamic State extremist group's activities in Syria, prosecutors said. The suspects — four women and three men, with German, Turkish, Moroccan and Kosovo citizenship — were arrested in five German states, while investigators searched 19 properties in Germany and …

Germany Begins Trial of Five involved in Far-Right Plot to Kidnap Minister, Topple Govt
1 year, 7 months ago

Germany Begins Trial of Five involved in Far-Right Plot to Kidnap Minister, Topple Govt

News 18  

Five people go on trial in Germany on Wednesday accused of planning a far-right coup and plotting to kidnap the country’s health minister. Federal prosecutors say the group is linked to the Reich Citizens scene that rejects the legitimacy of Germany’s postwar constitution and has similarities to the Sovereign Citizens and QAnon movements in the United States. Prosecutors say they …

Germany Church Shooting: Rise of Neo-nazi & Islamist Extremism in Country Explained
1 year, 10 months ago

Germany Church Shooting: Rise of Neo-nazi & Islamist Extremism in Country Explained

News 18  

Several people have been killed in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness centre in Hamburg, with the gunman believed to be among the dead, German police said Thursday. An alarm for “extreme danger” in the area had been sounded using a catastrophe warning app, but Germany’s Federal Office for Civil Protection lifted it shortly after 3 am local time. Germany’s …

German court convicts man over deadly 2014 attack in Syria
1 year, 10 months ago

German court convicts man over deadly 2014 attack in Syria

Associated Press  

BERLIN — A German court on Thursday convicted a Palestinian man from Syria of a war crime and murder for launching a grenade into a crowd of civilians waiting for food in Damascus in 2014. The German capital’s district court found that the defendant on March 23, 2014, fired a grenade from an anti-tank weapon into the crowd in the …

25 arrested on suspicion of plotting an armed right-wing coup in Germany
2 years, 1 month ago

25 arrested on suspicion of plotting an armed right-wing coup in Germany

LA Times  

A suspect, second from right, is escorted by officers from a police helicopter for questioning at the federal prosecutor’s office in Karlsruhe, Germany. “The fact is: no matter how crude their ideas are and how hopeless their plans, even the attempt is dangerous!” Federal prosecutors said the group believed in a “conglomerate of conspiracy theories consisting of narratives from the …

Germany arrests 25 people over alleged far-right coup plot
2 years, 1 month ago

Germany arrests 25 people over alleged far-right coup plot

Al Jazeera  

The followers of the Reich Citizens were allegedly preparing ‘to violently force their way into the German parliament’. In raids across the country, German police have arrested 25 suspected members and supporters of a far-right group who were allegedly seeking to overthrow the state by force to install as national leader a prince who had sought support from Russia, according …

Alternative for Germany | The party can’t go on
3 years, 10 months ago

Alternative for Germany | The party can’t go on

The Hindu  

For the first time in its post-Nazi history, a political party in Germany is officially under surveillance. Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, also known as the BfV, has classified the far-right Alternative for Germany as a “suspected case” with links to right-wing extremism. The AfD stoked the sense of betrayal felt by many in eastern Germany …

Germany charges 2 suspected former Syrian secret police
5 years, 2 months ago

Germany charges 2 suspected former Syrian secret police

Associated Press  

BERLIN — German prosecutors said Tuesday they have charged two suspected former members of Syria’s secret police with crimes against humanity in a case that human rights campaigners say marks a major step in the fight to hold to account Syrian officials responsible for atrocities in the country’s long-running civil war. Federal prosecutors said in a statement that one of …

Germany charges two Syrians with crimes against humanity
5 years, 2 months ago

Germany charges two Syrians with crimes against humanity

Al Jazeera  

The two men are alleged to have murdered, raped and tortured dozens of people. Prosecutors said the main suspect, identified as Anwar R under Germany’s privacy rules, faces charges including 58 murders and multiple sexual assaults in a Damascus prison, where at least 4,000 opposition activists were tortured. ‘The fight against impunity’ “The first trial worldwide about state torture in …

Germany lorry attack: Police investigate possible terrorist motive after eight injured in Limburg crash
5 years, 3 months ago

Germany lorry attack: Police investigate possible terrorist motive after eight injured in Limburg crash

The Independent  

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Right-wing extremist suspected of killing German official
5 years, 6 months ago

Right-wing extremist suspected of killing German official

Associated Press  

BERLIN — A German man with extreme right-wing views is the suspect police arrested over the weekend in the killing of a regional official who supported Chancellor Angela Merkel’s welcoming stance toward refugees, prosecutors said Monday. The 45-year-old suspect, identified only as Stephan E. in line with privacy laws, is accused of killing Walter Luebcke, 65, with a pistol shot …

Syrian man brutally beaten in street 'hate crime' amid violent anti-migrant protests in Germany
6 years, 4 months ago

Syrian man brutally beaten in street 'hate crime' amid violent anti-migrant protests in Germany

The Independent  

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Murder in German city leads to far-right demonstrators calling for more protestors on streets
6 years, 4 months ago

Murder in German city leads to far-right demonstrators calling for more protestors on streets

The Independent  

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Germany attack: Two arrests made in Tunisia over foiled biological attack
6 years, 5 months ago

Germany attack: Two arrests made in Tunisia over foiled biological attack

The Independent  

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Neo-Nazi trial puts spotlight on fate of migrants in Germany
6 years, 6 months ago

Neo-Nazi trial puts spotlight on fate of migrants in Germany

Associated Press  

MUNICH — A German court found the main defendant guilty on Wednesday in a string of neo-Nazi killings more than a decade ago — a high-profile trial that raised fresh questions about the treatment of migrants at a time when Germany is grappling with an unprecedented influx of refugees and surging support for a far-right party bent on keeping the …

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