Germany is on high alert for potential large-scale terror attacks similar to the Moscow concert hall assault, as it hosts the Euro 2024 football championship. German officials have expressed concerns that jihadist organizations, particularly Isis and its Afghan-based affiliate Isis-Khorasan (Isis-K), could target the event, which has entered its second week.

 

Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and Thomas Haldenwang, head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency (BfV), have highlighted the increased threat posed by Isis-K. This group claimed responsibility for the massacre at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall in March, raising fears of a similar attack during the Euro 2024. Haldenwang emphasized that Isis-K is "certainly the most dangerous group" and warned of potential large-scale, coordinated attacks.

 

The warning comes amid heightened security measures for the Euro 2024, an event that could serve as an attractive target for jihadist terrorists. Isis-K’s propaganda organ, "Voice of Khorasan," recently released a threatening collage showing a militant with an assault rifle in a football stadium, captioned: “shoot the last goal!”

 

A poll conducted by Hohenheim University revealed that 20 percent of people planned to avoid public viewing events of Euro 2024 matches due to fears of terror attacks. Haldenwang noted that Isis-K had successfully sent its supporters to Western Europe under the guise of refugees from Ukraine. The group has been actively inciting violence against "soft targets" in Europe, reminiscent of past terror rampages in Paris and Brussels.

 

Germany's threat perception has intensified following Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7 and the subsequent conflict in Gaza. Isis-K and other groups have been inciting violence against Israel and Jews worldwide, contributing to a surge in antisemitic crimes in Germany. Faeser reported a significant increase in antisemitic incidents, with individuals displaying Jewish symbols frequently subjected to verbal abuse or attacks.

 

Isis-K, established in Afghanistan in 2015, has grown stronger since the US withdrawal from Kabul in 2021. Despite a counterinsurgency campaign by the Taliban, the group has expanded its international activities, including bombings in Iran, an attack on a church in Turkey, and a foiled plot to attack Sweden’s parliament. The BfV’s 2023 annual report indicates that Isis-K is increasingly targeting the West to assert its prominence within Isis.

 

Last July, German police arrested seven individuals suspected of being Isis-K members, all from Central Asia who had entered Germany from Ukraine. They had planned attacks, scouted potential targets, and attempted to procure weapons. Earlier this month, authorities arrested Soufian T, a German-Moroccan-Polish national, for allegedly transferring $1,675 in cryptocurrency to an Isis-K account and attempting to secure a job as a steward for Euro 2024 public viewing events.

 

Credit: The Times 2024-06-22

 

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German officials have expressed concerns that jihadist organizations, particularly Isis and its Afghan-based affiliate Isis-Khorasan (Isis-K), could target the event, which has entered its second week.

 

How did they ever get into Germany to do such a thing???

1 hour ago, John Drake said:

 

How did they ever get into Germany to do such a thing???

They don't need to go there,

"lost people" could be found any where. They just need to find them and brain wash them.