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September 12, 2016       Share:    

Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-germany-security-idUKKCN11G0L0

Germany Warns of Threat from 520 "Potential Attackers"

(Reuters) German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, in an interview with Bild newspaper, has warned that the country is home to at least 520 Islamic militants who could be capable of carrying out assaults on their own or as members of "hit teams." He said another 360 "relevant" people were known to police because of their close proximity to the potential attackers. "The terror threat now stems from foreign hit teams as well as fanatical lone wolves in Germany," de Maiziere said. "The hit teams are secretly smuggled into Europe and prepare their actions without being noticed, as we saw with the attacks in Paris and Brussels."

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