Police Launch Homicide Inquiry After German Hospital Hack
Hackers disabled computer systems at Düsseldorf University Hospital and the patient died while doctors attempted to transfer her to another hospital. Keep Reading
Prosecutors Suspect ‘Islamist’ Motive in Berlin Highway Crashes
A 30-year-old man in Berlin is being investigated for attempted murder after a series of crashes led to a key stretch of the city's highway being closed off. Keep Reading
Germany: Investigations Find 40 Cases of Extremism in Police Ranks
Germany's federal and state interior ministers reported that at least 40 new cases of alleged extremism, mostly right-wing, were found among federal and state police forces in the first half of 2020, according to a survey carried out by dpa news agency. Keep Reading
Germany Reports Highest Number of Anti-Semitic Crimes Since 2001
Police registered 2,032 anti-Semitic crimes, including two killings, in 2019, according to newly released figures published in the German news media. The total is up 13% from 2018. Keep Reading
German ISIS Supporter Targeted Turkish Businesses
Authorities in southern Germany say a 25-year-old man arrested on suspicion of attacking Turkish-owned grocery stores told investigators he considers himself a supporter of the armed group ISIL (ISIS). Keep Reading
‘An Important Day’: Yezidi Activists Welcome German Trial of ISIS Suspect
“Today is an important day for the women who were enslaved by ISIS,” Yezidi activist Duzen Tekkal said at the opening of a trial of an Iraqi man accused of committing crimes against humanity in the death of a Yezidi child in Iraq. Keep Reading
PERSPECTIVE: Did Germany Drop the Ball on Right-Wing Extremism?
We would not have had the evil of Nazism without Germany. And while that hateful ideology was ‘defeated’ in 1945 it has alas not disappeared totally. Keep Reading
Tennessee Man Ordered Removed to Germany Based on Service as Concentration Camp Guard During WWII
After a two-day trial, U.S. Immigration Judge Rebecca L. Holt issued an opinion finding Friedrich Karl Berger removable under the 1978 Holtzman Amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act. Keep Reading
Right-Wing Extremism Suspected in Germany Hookah Bar Killing Spree; 11 Dead
"Racism is poison, hatred is poison and this poison exists in society and it is to blame for far too many crimes," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday morning. Keep Reading
Report: German Far-Right Terror Cell Met on WhatsApp; 12 Arrested
Prosecutors say the men wanted to cause "circumstances akin to civil war" by plotting "yet-unspecified attacks against politicians, asylum-seekers and Muslims." Keep Reading
Germany: Nine Terror Attacks Prevented Since Berlin Christmas Market Killings
"After the death of the IS leader, there was an increasing call for terror in the West in radical Islamist circles," notes counterterror official. Keep Reading
Is Germany’s Move to Strip Terrorist Citizenship the Best Route?
Closing doors runs the risk of creating factions of left-behind extremists that may escape any meaningful oversight, argues researcher. Keep Reading
In Germany, Memorials for Nazi Terror Victims Vandalized
The right-wing NSU terror cell killed nine people with immigrant backgrounds and a policewoman between 2000 and 2007. Keep Reading
Two Killed as Shooter Livestreams German Synagogue Attack on Yom Kippur
The attacker shot at the door of the synagogue in the city of Halle but did not get in as 70 to 80 people inside were observing the holy day. Keep Reading
Germany to Strip ISIS Fighters of Their Citizenship
More than 1,000 Germans have left their country for war zones in the Middle East since 2013 and the government has been debating how to deal with them. Keep Reading
Germany Creates DARPA-Like Cybersecurity Agency
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen said the agency allows Germany to invest in new technologies and the protection of critical digital infrastructure. Keep Reading
Research Explores How Social Ties Create and Sustain Terrorist Networks
Initial contacts were, in some cases, chance encounters, after which groomed individuals were invited to group meetings including religious gatherings at a mosque. Keep Reading
Iran’s Cyber Police Chief Claims 296 Serious Infrastructure Attacks Last Year
He claimed that banks, financial and credit institutions, telecommunication infrastructures, electricity and gas distribution infrastructure, oil industries, ministries and organizations were all targeted. Keep Reading