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Germany: Police Arrest Several After Threat To Hagen Synagogue
[MSN] German police have arrested "several people," including a teenager, over a threat of an attack on a synagogue on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.Hagen police said they arrested four people as a result of their investigation into the threat and had searched several buildings. The arrests followed a huge police deployment late Wednesday at and around the synagogue in Hagen, a city just east of Düsseldorf. The synagogue canceled an event due to the threat. North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul had earlier confirmed one arrest, saying that a "youth" had been detained following the incident. Both Der Spiegel news magazine and the Bild newspaper reported without quoting sources that a foreign intelligence service had passed on a tip that a 16-year-old Syrian was planning an explosives attack on a synagogue. Terrorism authorities are also involved in the investigation, said prosecutors in Düsseldorf. POLICE 'LIKELY PREVENTED' ATTACK On Wednesday, police cordoned off the synagogue after there were indications of what police described as a "possible dangerous situation." Meanwhile, a service planned for Wednesday evening to mark Yom Kippur, the holiest Jewish holiday, was canceled at short notice. Police in Hagen "likely prevented" an attack on the synagogue, Reul said at an inauguration event for new police officers in Cologne. "There was the risk of an attack on the synagogue in Hagen. Your colleagues likely prevented it." REMINISCENT OF HALLE ATTACK Hagen police said on Wednesday night that they were in close contact with the Jewish community. "The people are worried,'' police told dpa. The event sparked memories of the synagogue attack in Halle. On Yom Kippur two years ago, an armed right-wing extremist tried to force his way into the synagogue there and shot two nearby people dead. The 28-year-old man who confessed to carrying out the attack was convicted last year and given a life sentence. He had expressed antisemitic and racist views during the trial. Related: Hagen: 2018-12-01 Robert Mueller's Plan - Building a 'report' not a case Hagen: 2018-05-30 Europe Hagen: 2016-12-15 Ditib Turkish Muslim network in Germany denies spying for Turkey Related: Halle: 2021-04-15 Germany: Far-right suspects accused of plotting attacks on Muslims Halle: 2021-02-14 Nikki, they still hate you and want you to die Halle: 2021-02-12 Denmark charges seven with attempted terrorism Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2021-09-16 |
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