Germany on High Alert Following Imminent Terror Threat

German police on Tuesday stormed an accommodation facility for refugees and 12 homes around the country that were believed to house people suspected of financing terrorism.

  • Police searched residences in the eastern states of Thuringia and Saxony as well as in Bavaria, the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia and in Hamburg, police in Thuringia said in a statement.
  • The investigation has so far not uncovered any concrete risk of attack, they said.
  • No one was arrested during the raids, a police spokeswoman eastern state of Thuringia said.
  • A non-dangerous substance had been found and that was now being investigated.

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