The president (the commander of the city) police in Munich Hubertus Andrae occurred on Friday with the defense of his decision to declare a New Year’s Eve alarm anti-terrorism, although the lack so far of specific information on possible zamachowcach.
Source: DE RTL TV / x-news
It was not a false alarm – Andrae said, adding that in the event of receiving a warning about the attack, which was to be carried out soon, you could not act otherwise. For specific hazard can not wait – he stressed.
Alarm in Munich
As a result of the report of the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), that the followers of the Islamic State may at midnight in Munich to make suicide attacks on Thursday late in the evening closed the Munich main train station and celebrating the long-distance trains station in the district of Pasing in the west of the Bavarian capital. To secure these objects were sent large police forces, including those from the area.
Traffic on both stations resumed Friday between the hours of 3.30 and 4.00. The level of danger in Munich is now the same as before the announcement of the alarm – declared Andrae.
Warning from France
According to the quoted earlier by the agency dpa sources in the security agencies warning before the attack BKA received from the French secret services, which reported a specific date and location of planned attacks, and clarified that they were people associated with the Islamic state.
Andrae said on Friday that the report of friendly secret services includes the names of the suspects that pertains to approx. half of the five to seven potential assassins. As also noted, “we do not know whether they actually exist.” Names failed to connect with real people in Munich or anywhere else. Whether they exist can not say with certainty, but it can not be ruled out, however. The investigation is still ongoing – said the president of the Munich police.
Local Bavarian public television Bayerischer Rundfunk reported earlier that the attacks had already prepared seven staying in Munich and known with the names of Iraqis. They intended to go in pairs on both train and detonate strapped to their bodies explosives.
Interior Minister of Germany, praised the decision of the Bavarian authorities
The decision on the announcement in Munich alarm anti-terrorist considered right the German federal interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere. – With the support of the Federal Police Bavarian authorities acted in a deliberate, sober and determined. Also in the future security authorities will thoroughly analyze the situation and consequently take appropriate project – said on Friday.
– The situation in Europe and also in Germany remains serious in the new year. Security authorities continue to assume that the threat of international terrorism is high – he added.
Bavarian Ministry of the Interior: the Islamic State planned to attack
Minister interior of Bavaria, Joachim Herrmann said on Friday night that “the attacks is the Islamic State”. Herrmann said already that the warnings about a forthcoming assassination gave the German side “interview of a friendly state.”
It is reported that the bombers intended to carry out suicide bombings at midnight from Thursday to Friday at the main station (Hauptbahnhof), which it is one of the largest in Germany and serves daily about 350 thousand. passengers and located in the western part of Munich Pasing station – the second largest in the city.
The fear of a terrorist attack is accompanied by the departments responsible for security in Europe. In connection with the threat of limited public events, among others in Paris and Belgium. In many cities, they abandoned the fireworks.
PAP / IAR / agkm
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