China rudely dismissed German UN Ambassador Christoph Heusgen’s plea to release two Canadian detainees – Michael Kovrig and Michael Pavor, known as the “2 Michaels” – from custody in China.
Germany
Berlin Islamist terror attack: A deadly story of failure
Eleven people died and 60 were seriously injured when the Islamist Anis Amri drove a stolen truck into a Christmas market in central Berlin on December 19, 2016.
The 24-year-old Tunisian national whose application for asylum had been rejected had hijacked the semi-trailer truck, killing Polish driver Lukasz Robert Urban.
The attacker managed to escape and travel through Europe until he was shot dead by Italian police on December 23 after an altercation in Milan.
Germany brings home ‘Islamic State’ brides, children from Syrian camps
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Sunday said he was “relieved” that a “humanitarian” recovery operation had brought home 18 children and five “Islamic State” (IS) brides from Kurdish-run internment camps in northeastern Syria.
One of three German women brought back, identified in reports as Leonore M., 21, from Saxony-Anhalt state, was arrested a day earlier on arrival in Frankfurt airport, on charges including terror organization membership, said federal prosecutors.
All three German women reportedly face terror charges in Germany.
Germany: Ban on Syria deportations will be allowed to expire
Germany will not renew the ban on deportations to war-ravaged Syria, the German Interior Ministry announced on Friday.
The decision was made at a virtual meeting of the country’s 16 state interior ministers, who rejected calls from the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) to extend the measure.
Announcing the change, Deputy Interior Minister Hans-Georg Engelk said Germany should not be a shelter for criminals and threats.
Germany: Turkish “gray wolves” terrorize Armenians
“We stand by our brothers from Azerbaijan and we will not allow unbelieving dogs of Armenia to live in peace in Germany”, and further: “We know you, we know where your children are, Day and night.”
Full English translation here.
Driver rams car into pedestrians killing 2, injuring 10 in Trier Germany: police
Two people died and several others were injured in a pedestrian zone in the western German city of Trier, after being struck by a vehicle on Tuesday, local police said.
Details of the incident were unclear, but a police spokesman told the dpa news agency that the driver had been detained, corroborating local reporting.
“We have several injured people in the pedestrian zone, who were hit by a car. The car is secured, the driver has been detained,” the spokesman said.
ＢＲＥＡＫＩＮＧ: Two dead and many injured after a car ploughed intentionally into pedestrians in #Trier Germany 🇩🇪 #TerrorAttack #Christmas pic.twitter.com/gncjJ2twad
— Blano (@BLANOsVideos) December 1, 2020
BREAKING – Car plows through pedestrians in the German city of Trier, at least 2 dead, 10 injured. The police rammed the car and arrested the driver.pic.twitter.com/oQHM83arwv
— Disclose.tv 🚨 (@disclosetv) December 1, 2020
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