Al Qaeda Planning Attacks on High-Speed Trains in Europe: Newspaper [View all]
Source: Reuters
Al Qaeda planning attacks on high-speed trains in Europe: newspaper
Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:13am EDT
BERLIN (Reuters) - Al Qaeda is planning attacks on high-speed trains in Europe and the authorities in Germany have stepped up security on the country's rail system, a German newspaper reported on Monday.
The information about the planned attacks came from the United States' National Security Agency (NSA), which apparently intercepted a call between senior al Qaeda members several weeks ago, the mass-circulation daily said.
But the German Interior Ministry said it regularly received information about such threats and was not planning to increase overall security.
"It is known that Germany, along with other Western states, is a target for jihadist terrorists so we always assess warnings on a case-by-case basis but we already have a high level of protective measures and we do not plan to step these up at the moment," spokesman Jens Teschke said at a routine government news conference.
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