The observations at the Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and Stuttgart airport, according to the authorities, “in any connection with possible attack plans”. The case was “overheated and pretty quickly up and running,” said defenders of the State on request. At-risk-of-messages to correctly assess, is one of the most difficult tasks of the security organs. the Georg Mascolo and Stefan Mayr, Stuttgart, Stefan Mayr
Stefan Mayr, born. In 1972 in Augsburg, studied in Augsburg, Germany, and Jerusalem, M. A. in German language and literature. Since 2001, the SZ editor. From 2006 to 2016, Schwaben correspondent, based in Augsburg, Germany. Since December of 2016, economic correspondent in the office Stuttgart. The author of three football books, and of the 128-page standard work on the most important TV-Sketch of Germany: “Dinner for One von A – Z”.
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After the alleged spying attempt on suspected Islamists at the airports in Stuttgart and Paris, the police gave on Friday afternoon to make it clear: The Events at the Stuttgart-based Terminal “in any connection with possible attack plans or Islamist activities”, informed the Stuttgart public Prosecutor and the police in Reutlingen. Rather, the observed men had brought a woman to the airport and then longer in the departure hall stopped. They had aroused suspicion, because you took a close look at how your friend went through the security control.
The police had strengthened on Wednesday evening, the security precautions at many of the airports massive, because the authorities to several suspicious observations from France, Morocco and Germany were sent to. On the access roads to the Stuttgart airport, all vehicles were inspected. In the Terminal patrolled heavily armed forces. The Prosecutor’s office was investigating four men on suspicion of preparing a serious seditious act of violence. But since Friday evening is clear: A concrete attack risk. “In none of the examined men, it is a so-called threat”, stressed the authorities.
The case was “overheated and pretty quickly up and running,” said defenders of the State on request. Already on Thursday, the Federal criminal police office was in an assessment of the situation and came to the conclusion that an attack is “rather to exclude”. This corresponds to level 7 on a eight point scale, from 1 (with a hazardous event is expected) to 8 (no danger). The suspicion that a plot had been based largely on one from Morocco sent Chat history; in that of a young woman were described in a detailed Considerations for an attack against an airport in the German-French border area. This so accurately represented, does not correspond to the observed conspiratorial behavior, according to the BKA. Much of this talk, the Chat Partner wanted to the woman only “profiling”.
another Suspicion arose from an observation at the Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in the last week: a Transporter was noticed with Aachen’s licence plate. The vehicle, a white Mercedes Sprinter, belonged to a man of Moroccan descent, has a number of similar vehicles and the authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia, already longer. He drove away before it could ask the French police. However, he was filmed by a surveillance camera. The Review of the 48-year-old German but have “shown no evidence of a planned attack” has been confirmed by the authorities.
hundreds of such reports every year
the suspected spying action at the Stuttgart airport, there were Video-recordings. An official of the North Rhine-recognized-Westphalia police the son of the Aachener man. This later turned out to be wrong.
reports of Threat to assess correctly, is one of the most difficult tasks of the security organs. Every year, hundreds of such messages go to the authorities, in particular in the Christmas season. Each individual must and are expected to be rated. If we take any threat seriously, would public life to a Standstill. You will miss a real threat, there can be Dead.
The authorities had tightened at many airports in the southwest of the security arrangements, even nationwide, the Federal called police to be more vigilant. On Friday evening the actions were driven back to normal levels.
