German Christmas markets under high tension: “Attractive target for Islamists”

The lights are on and the smell of mulled wine fills the streets again, but the German Christmas market tradition is suffering from an oppressive reality. Since the attacks in Berlin (2016) and Magdeburg (2024), carefreeness has disappeared. The German Ministry of the Interior makes no bones about it: these events remain “particularly attractive” as targets for Islamic terrorists.

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