Germany on alert in imminent terrorist attack

German Police warns hypothesis of attacks in coming weeks. maximum Prevention at airports, bus and railway stations, hotels and restaurants frequented by tourists.

Who walks the streets of Germany considers that the country is at war. The heavy police guard contrasts with the Christmas decorations in stores and frenzy. Air terminals, rail and road transport and other public places are crowded with heavily armed police, often accompanied by trained dogs. Hypothesis bomb equivalent to 11 September in New York or of the March 11, 2004 in Madrid, in charge of Islamic radicals, Germany put on alert. 

However, Minister of Home Affairs, Thomas Maizieire, said today that the alleged bomb detected in Namibia last Wednesday, when it embarked on a commercial flight to Germany, was "false." That is, the suspect device (a computer bag wrapped in plastic and equipped with batteries with cables connected to a detonator and a timer) has been used deliberately to test the security system at the international airport in Windhoek.    

Maizière Thomas said he was awaiting more information from the police because it is unclear who prepared the test, adding that he had been informed in advance of the exercise.


"Concrete evidence"


The order, from Wednesday, prevention is maximum. The intelligence services say there are strong indications of a major attack by the end of the month. According to the federal police chief, Mathias Seeger, on a scale of one to ten, the danger "is currently at nine."

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