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Major alarm at Hagen synagogue during the night: youth arrested - "there was a risk of attack"

2021-09-16T10:02:47.875Z


Large-scale deployment of the police in front of the Hagen synagogue: According to the police, there was a "possible danger" there. There is now the all-clear.


Large-scale deployment of the police in front of the Hagen synagogue: According to the police, there was a "possible danger" there.

There is now the all-clear.

Update from September 16, 11.15 a.m

.: According to the North Rhine-Westphalian Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU), there was a serious extremist threat in Hagen.

"There was a risk of an attack on the synagogue in Hagen," said Reul on Thursday at the swearing-in ceremony for young police officers in Cologne.

"Your colleagues probably prevented that."

Update from September 16, 10:28 a.m

.: After the large police operation at the synagogue in Hagen, there was an arrest, according to the North Rhine-Westphalian Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU).

"A youth was arrested," said Reul of the German Press Agency on Thursday in Cologne.

The "Spiegel" reported that a 16-year-old Syrian is said to have prepared an explosives attack.

The Central Office for Tracking Terrorism in North Rhine-Westphalia is also involved in the investigation.

This was confirmed by the Düsseldorf Public Prosecutor's Office on Thursday at the request of the German Press Agency.

Further details cannot yet be given, as announced senior public prosecutor Benjamin Kluck.

From security circles it was said that the Attorney General was also involved.

Hagen synagogue: major alarm at night - police continue to investigate

First report

: Hagen - After the large-scale operation of the police in front of the Hagen synagogue, the investigation into the background continues on Thursday.

“We are now in particularly close contact with the Jewish community.

The people are concerned, "said a police spokesman on Thursday night.

At the same time, the protection of the church has been strengthened.

Two police cars were parked in front of the building that night.

The officers were armed with submachine guns.

"Possible threat": Background to the police operation in front of the Hagen synagogue

On Wednesday afternoon, strong police cordoned off the synagogue after there had been indications of a “possible danger”.

The street in downtown Hagen, where the synagogue is located, was blocked 250 meters away.

The police spokesman said that a large number of forces were deployed.


A service planned for Wednesday evening on Yom Kippur, the highest Jewish holiday, was canceled at short notice.

Neighbors who wanted to go to their apartments in the vicinity had to show their identity card.

Dog handlers with several police dogs searched the synagogue and the neighboring parish hall, which also houses a doctor's office.

Obviously they found nothing in the buildings.


The memories of the terrorist attack in Halle in Saxony-Anhalt on Yom Kippur two years ago were also quickly awakened.

At that time, the Day of Atonement fell on October 9th.

An armed right-wing extremist tried to break into the synagogue in Halle by force.

When the door held out, he shot two people nearby and injured two others while trying to escape.

No evidence of a hazard on site - investigations continue

At the Hagen synagogue, the police did not find any evidence of an actual risk, it was announced that night.

There is also no evidence that other Jewish communities in North Rhine-Westphalia could be endangered.


The police did not say what the possible danger was, whether there was a possible bomb threat. It will continue to be investigated, said the police spokesman.

(dpa / cibo) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.

Source: merkur

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