The security authorities in Germany have prevented 23 terrorist attacks since 2000. Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer said: “But the risk of an attack still exists today.”
According to Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, the security authorities in Germany have prevented almost two dozen terrorist attacks since 2000. “Our authorities have prevented 23 terrorist attacks since 2000,” said the CSU politician to the newspapers of the Funke media group (Saturday).
He didn’t give any details. “We prevented terrorist attacks, but the risk of an attack still exists today.” Seehofer spoke against the backdrop of the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States this Saturday.
Seehofer again demanded that the protection of the Constitution allow «online searches». “In the fight against terrorism, we have to constantly adapt to new threats or technical advances.” He regretted that it was unfortunately not possible to “enforce all the necessary powers” during this legislative period. “I hope that the next government will continue to work on what we started.”
The black-red coalition brought an amendment to the constitutional protection law through the Bundestag in June, which gave the domestic secret service more rights to access telecommunications. The reform was very controversial in the coalition. Under pressure from the SPD, a passage originally planned in a draft that would have allowed “online searches” was deleted. This means covert access to computers, smartphones and other IT devices, the data of which can then be read out.
On September 11, 2001, Islamist terrorists piloted three hijacked aircraft into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. Another hijacked plane crashed in Pennsylvania. Around 3,000 people were killed in the attacks.
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