The assessment of the threat from Islamist terrorism to Germany remains high but is unchanged since the attack on a concert venue near Moscow, dpa learned from state security authorities on Monday.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung that the authorities were working on the assumption that Islamic State – Khorosan Province, an Islamic State offshoot, was behind the attack.
German security forces see the group, which is active mainly in Afghanistan, as a major threat to the country and to Europe as a whole. Khorosan refers to a historical Central Asian region taking in parts of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Iran.
Terrorism expert Peter Neumann told German national public radio on Monday that Germany and western Europe were facing an increased threat of Islamist terrorism since the Gaza War erupted.
He spoke of a huge…
