DW
Several states and cities said they are tightening security at in the wake of the Magdeburg attack that killed 5 people and injured 200 others.
In the capital, , the state interior minister said police would “increase their presence at the city’s Christmas markets” as a precautionary measure.
Other states, including Hesse, Bremen, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate and Schleswig-Holstein said they had also stepped up security measures.
The eastern city of Leipzig said its mountain parade would take place on Saturday alongside the Christmas market, and that additional officers and vehicles have been deployed.
Markus Lewe, President of the German Association of Cities, explained that the cities take “terror warnings from the authorities very seriously and regularly adjust the security measures on site.”
“[At the same time] despite the high level of effort, protection can never be absolute,” Lewe stressed…
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