Author: Reuters
Publication: Daily Times
Date: October 21, 2010
URL: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C10%5C21%5Cstory_21-10-2010_pg7_11
Germany is probably home to more than 1,000
potentially violent terrorists and the number of identified militants has
risen constantly in the past few years, the Federal Crime Office (BKA) said
on Wednesday. The number of investigations into terrorism in Germany, where
the 9/11 attacks on the US were planned, had risen continually since 2001
according to the BKA. A total of 352 investigations were now under way, they
said. "Security officials in Germany believe there are more than 1,000
terrorists ready to commit violence," the BKA, a nationwide police agency,
said in a statement. Authorities in the European Union's most populous state
had classified 131 radicals in Germany as "instigators" of terrorism
and held files on a further 274 individuals deemed relevant, the BKA said.
Recent reports suggest a rise in militancy could be occurring in tandem with
an increase in xenophobia.
