Germany has been one of
the most targeted sites of the terrorist attack in 2016. With the failed
attack by the detonation of a bomb at an
outside bar in Ansbach, Bavaria where the asylum seeker ended up killing
himself for not being able to attend a music concert. Later in the month, a
German teenager with ancestry in Iran shot and killed nine people in Munich,
Germany has been a constant threat to terrorism. While in Wuerzburg a seventeen
year old had been shot by the police after injuring five people. However, in
the recent days, the DPA informed that a suspect had been suspected to be in
connection with alleged threats against the Bundesliga, the German football
league which is equal to the English Premier League in Germany.
As last reported, the
state ministry of Rhineland Palatinate affirmed that a terror arrest had been
made in the Mutterstadt area however, they did not mention if he was a member
of the Islamic State Militant Group yet. The man arrested is a twenty four year
old was suspected to have plotted attack a terror attack before the commencement
of the Bundesliga football championship. Later on, it was confirmed by the
German Special Forces team BERLIN (AFP) that the man is indeed connected to the
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria being a Syrian himself. The ministry said that
even though there are no concrete threats as such, there have been indications
of some planning of terrorism during the start of the German football
tournament.
The suspect is an
asylum seeker from Syria who entered Germany during the starting of 2016.
According to the Germany's department of distribution of refugees the suspect
has been living in North Rhine-Westphalia so far. According to the
Suedwestrundfunk news channel, photos of Syrian fights were found in his home
and computer though it was unclear if he had taken the pictures himself. But
the Duisburg prosecutors refrained from commenting any further. It has also
been known from other sources of German media that the individual is a high
ranking member of the militant terror group.
With the Bundesliga to
start its opening round from no less than 26th August 2016, it has not been
known and no indications have been found yet of any stadium being targeted in
particular for an Islamic attack. As mentioned before, a tip-off from a prison
inmate helped in the tracking of the suspect. Several terror plots have been
unfolded in the recent months of this year. During the Paris terror attacks, a
friendly match had to be evacuated minutes before its starting between Holland
and Germany. The North African terror cell had been planning an attack with a
three-bomb detonation and planting of explosives near the Hannover's
Neidersaschsenstadion where the railway station was the primary target along
with a bus stop. Also, several Munich subways were closed due to terror attack suspect
during the New Years.
Therefore, Germany has
been on high alert security since the series of attacks have been foiled over
the last twelve months.
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