‘Imminent Terror Threat’: German Police Carry Out 13 Raids across Five Federal States
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German police forces are conducting several raids across five federal states in response to an "imminent terror threat," local media reported citing sources in security services.
Operatives of elite police anti-terrorism units, the SEK, have been scrambled across five German states, including Thuringia, Hamburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony and Bavaria, according to Spiegel magazine, which cites police in Thuringia.
For its part, the Bild magazine cited "an imminent terror threat" as a trigger for the operation.
The large-scale operation is reportedly targeting "terror suspects," local broadcaster MDR reported.
A 28-year-old suspect, said to be a "Russian national of Chechen descent" with links to Daesh [ISIS/ISIL] is wanted by police, Spiegel reported. According to Bild the suspect had been plotting "a serious act of violence."
Among other suspects are also 10 men and three women, all with alleged extremist backgrounds.
Raids are also taking place in the cities of Hamburg and Dortmund.
Police forces have deployed sniffer dogs to detect potential explosives.
At least one suspect is reported to have been placed under arrest in the central Thuringia city of Suhl, where "white powder" of unknown origin was found.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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