Anti-terror crackdown intensifies in Europe
- 9 years ago
With Europe still on high alert over the terrorist threat after the Charlie Hebdo killings in France, police in Germany have raided 13 homes – mostly in Berlin – and taken away computers and mobile phones for analysis.
They were targeting alleged associates of two men detained in the German capital in a long-running probe into a suspected extremist cell recruiting fighters for Syria and providing logistical support.
“We are still searching for further evidence that the group, of which we have already arrested two people last week, have transferred money to Syria as well as sent equipment,” said Berlin police spokesman Stefan Redlich.
But as the fear factor spreads across Europe, German authorities stress there are no signs in this case that any attacks on home soil were being prepared.
“Specifically the accusations concern the preparation of a serious and subversive
act of violence in Syria. We need to make that very clear. It is not a question of planned attacks in Germany,”
They were targeting alleged associates of two men detained in the German capital in a long-running probe into a suspected extremist cell recruiting fighters for Syria and providing logistical support.
“We are still searching for further evidence that the group, of which we have already arrested two people last week, have transferred money to Syria as well as sent equipment,” said Berlin police spokesman Stefan Redlich.
But as the fear factor spreads across Europe, German authorities stress there are no signs in this case that any attacks on home soil were being prepared.
“Specifically the accusations concern the preparation of a serious and subversive
act of violence in Syria. We need to make that very clear. It is not a question of planned attacks in Germany,”