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Germany Expects Attacks Like Britain's Says Top Police Official
(AKI) - Terrorist attacks similar to the failed attacks last week in British capital, London, and at Glasgow airport in Scotland, could occur in Germany, federal police chief Konrad Freiberger said on Monday. There are some 100 individuals living in Germany who may have "the intention and the capability" to carry out such attacks, Freiberger told the Passauer Neue Presse newspaper. He underscored the importance of strengthening security measures to thwart terror plots, the chances of which he said have increased since the German army's participation in peacekeeping missions in Afghanistan. Germany's interior minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in a TV interview on Sunday called for the number of closed circuit television cameras surveilling airports and other major traffic areas to be increased. Some opposition politicians have however criticised the plan, saying that widespread closed-circuit surveillance had not prevented the attempted attacks in Britain. Seven suspects have been detained in Britain following the attempted carbombing of Glasgow airport on Saturday - when fuel-loaded jeep was rammed into the terminal, bursting into flames - and two failed car bombings in London discovered last Friday. Two Mercedes containing petrol, gas cylinders and nails were found outside a nightclub in London's Haymarket district and in a nearby street. Police are linking the failed bombings and the UK remains on critical alert. Posted by: Fred 2007-07-03 |
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