In an internal report, the German security authorities warn against acts of violence against vaccination centers.
The focus is on radical anti-corona Protestants, cyber criminals and jihadists.
As the
Business Insider
reports, the German security authorities are warning of possible attacks on the vaccination infrastructure.
According to the internal communication, an “abstract threat” comes from jihadists who see vaccination centers as targets of terrorist attacks.
Security authorities warn against violence in the “lateral thinker” environment.
Munich - "If the mood continues to boil, it can also turn into attacks on vaccination centers",
Lars Klingbeil
warned
t.online
at the end of January
.
As an internal report that
Business Insider
has now shows, the SPD general secretary seems to be right with his fears.
The situation report warns of an increase in the
propensity to use violence
in anti-corona protests.
In the internal paper, the security authorities warn not only about the potential for violence in protests, but
Islamist attacks are also
an
“abstract threat”
.
Corona vaccination centers: "Abstract threat" from jihadist attacks
The security authorities see the vaccination centers as a possible target for terrorist attacks, as crowds are a target "to which jihadist groups and individual perpetrators attach particularly high importance," reports
Business Insider
.
The jihadists see the destruction of a large number of vaccination doses as a setback for the West in the fight against the virus.
Even if
there is no specific risk
situation: According to the management report, attacks on vaccination centers, warehouses and company headquarters of vaccine manufacturers are conceivable.
Violent anti-corona protests: internal report warns of “lateral thinkers” movement
The status report, which is marked “only for official use”, draws attention to the
willingness
to use
violence
in the context of the
anti-corona protests
.
The demonstrations were "partly aggressive and ready to use violence"; according to
Business Insider,
the internal paper
explicitly
refers to the
"lateral thinker" movement
.
This is an
"inhomogeneous mixed scene"
, which, in addition to
anti-
vaccination opponents and conspiracy theorists, is recruited from "extremists, Reich citizens, self-administrators and other people with
an
anti-
constitutional attitude".
Large “lateral thinker” protests would have a “
'pull effect'
even on people
who are prepared
to use violence”, the internal document continues.
The security authorities see a “significantly increased potential for escalation”, especially at large rallies by the movement.
Internal report sees cyber attacks on vaccination infrastructure as a danger
As the
Business Insider
further quotes the report, “more
cyber attacks
on systemically important facilities must be expected”.
The Federal Criminal Police Office wants to
prevent
imminent attacks with
preventive measures
and draw attention to the impending danger of cyber attacks.
In the past, there have been an increasing number of hacker attacks on authorities and companies working on the development of corona vaccines.
Last December, unknown persons broke into the computer system of the
European Medicines Agency (EMA)
and gained access to documents from vaccine manufacturers
Pfizer
and
Biontech
.
The hackers manipulated reports on the corona vaccine and then published them.
"Some of the emails were manipulated by the perpetrators to undermine trust in the vaccines," reported the EMA.
Corona vaccine: Federal police escort vaccine transports from the border
As the Interior Ministry announced in January, the
federal police
escort
the
vaccine transports
from the border to the distribution centers.
The answer from the Ministry of the Interior to the request of the Greens in the Bundestag also points to the “great media presence” and the “
emotionality
inherent in the Corona issue”.
It is true that the federal government has "no specific knowledge relevant to risk".
Still, she had to go out to "physical assault" on staff and Impfempfänger of a risk of sabotage as well., The
AFP
.
In January vaccination centers or signs indicating vaccination centers were smeared with paint.
In addition to property damage, the Federal Ministry of the Interior fears massive attempts to interfere with the corona vaccination campaign.
(
jjf / dpa / AFP
)
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