Terrorist attacks in Europe: three terrorists who threatened the Cologne Cathedral were detained in Germany

According to the German police, about 1000 police officers on New Year's Eve are on duty around the Cologne Cathedral to ensure the safety of participants in the celebration. German police arrested three more suspects in connection with the planning of the terrorist attack in the Cologne Cathedral. About it reports the German edition of Welt. The attack, according to the Chief of Police Cologne Johannes Hermann, was to be carried out on a car.

The detainee on the eve of Christmas Tajik, who was a participant of a large group, told the investigation. He also told the details of the planned attack. The detentions took place in Duisburg, Herney and Nervenisi in Duren. Searches were also conducted in apartments. In addition, law enforcement officers inspected the underground parking lot near the Cologne Cathedral with the help of dogs that feel explosive, but nothing suspicious was found.

"We have not found anything at this time that would indicate an immediate attack," said the head of the road department Cologne Frank Visbum. On Friday, December 29, Cologne Police announced strict measures to protect the cathedral and its surroundings on the eve of the New Year, including the use of police with machine guns. The safety measures have already been aggravated to celebrate Christmas. Initially, the cathedral was closed for tourists, only church services were conducted.

About 1000 police officers who are on duty around the cathedral on New Year's Eve, do their best to ensure the safety of participants in the celebration. Nothing unusual has been found. Cardinal Rainer Maria Velyki served a crowded New Year's Mass at the Cathedral on December 31 under the enhanced police protection. "I would like to thank our security forces, which began to defend this cathedral on the eve of Christmas, and also protect us so that we can carry out church services.

In addition, they protect our fundamental right to freely profess the religion that continues to guarantee in our country," said the veil. In addition to information about the possible attack on the Cologne Cathedral, the security authorities also received information about a possible attack on the Church in Vienna. Local police have also intensified Christmas and New Year safety measures. The Austrian Directorate for the Protection of the Constitution arrested four people.

Of these, two men and a woman were put into custody. They are under investigation as involved in a terrorist organization. German Federal Minister of Internal Affairs Nancy Feser against the backdrop of reports of detention of suspects in the preparation of terrorist attacks in European churches stressed that terrorists would not restrict the way of life of Europeans. We will remind that on December 21 in the Czech Republic in the center of Prague there was a shooting.