A German police have arrested three people this Sunday, 31, on suspicion of planning an attack in Cologne Cathedralthis New Year's Eve.
According to the city police, the The suspects would use a car for the attack. Security measures around the site have been strengthened.
The suspicion is that it is the three of them is related to a Tajik citizen arrested on Christmas Evesaid Cologne police chief Johannes Hermann. The man was arrested by German police on the same day that Austria announced the arrest of these three suspects in Vienna.
According to the Bild newspaper, the people arrested in Vienna on Christmas Eve were Tajiks are affiliated with the Islamic State of Khorasanknown by the English acronym ISISK.
The investigation into last week's arrest revealed that a Plan an attack that would involve the use of a vehicle. Police sent sniffer dogs to search the Cologne Cathedral's underground car park for explosives on Sunday, but have so far been unable to find anything suspicious.
Germany on high alert
Germany is there High alert for possible Islamist attacks. At the end of November, the head of the country's domestic intelligence service warned that the risk of attacks due to the war against the country was “real and greater than it has been for a long time.” Hamas.
The most violent attack by Islamist extremists in Germany occurred in December 2016, when a Truck attacked the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on Breitscheidplatz in Berlin. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, which left 12 people dead and 70 injured.
As we have shown, Berlin police have banned a proPalestinian march planned for today in the Neukölln district. In a statement on Saturday 30, the police authorities said the decision was made due to the risk of “incitement to hatred, antiSemitic shouts and glorification of violence”.
In Germany, the constitution prohibits the incitement or glorification of violence against ethnic groups. The country views Israel's security as a “historic responsibility” and does not tolerate questions about the existence of the Jewish state.