German police chief warns of security threat from thousands of migrants entering Europe
GERMANY is facing an unprecedented threat to its domestic security because of the unrelenting stream of migrants entering the country, a police chief has warned.
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The German police chief warned attacks are on the rise
Up to a million refugees and economic migrants are expected in Germany this year, while more than 8,000 streamed over the Austrian border to the southern province of Bavaria on Wednesday alone.
And German security bosses are warning of outbreaks of violence and disorder on the streets as a result.
Officials are openly worrying about a potential rise in right-wing radicalism amongst Germans.
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Head of
the Federal Criminal Police Office in Germany Holger Muench said: "The
security situation is getting worse with the growing numbers of
refugees."
The security situation is getting worse with the growing numbers of refugees
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Mr
Muench added: "Conflicts among asylum-seekers are increasing, the mood
among the right is being stirred. This dynamic worries me."
The
police chief said the number of offences against asylum seekers'
shelters had tripled so far this year to 600, of which at least 543 had a
right-wing background.
That compares to 198 for the whole of last year.
Ninety-five violent crimes and 49 arson attacks are under investigation by German police.
Authorities
are examining a further 10 cases of refugees suspected of taking part
in war crimes abroad or for being a member of a terrorist organisation.
In
one case, Berlin police arrested a 32-year-old man suspected of
abducting a migrant boy, aged four, after a child's body was found in
his car.
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German police standing guard at a train station
Mohamed
Januzi disappeared on October 1 while waiting with his mother and two
siblings outside the offices of the government programme for social
care.
Police had released video footage showing the alleged abductor walking hand-in-hand with Mohamed away from the offices.
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Refugees walk along a platform after their arrival from Austria to Passau in Germany
Police
spokesman Thomas Neuendorf said officials were waiting for the results
of an autopsy to confirm the child's identity as well as the
circumstances around his death, including when he may have died.
Initial evidence shows there is no indication that the suspect and the child knew each other, he said.
Daily Bild reported that Mohamed's family came to Germany from Bosnia.
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