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Terror alarm in Namibia

 Germans are already on alert


 Authorities called a concrete terroristic threat to Germany
 German Police headed to African nation of Namibia
 Namibian police
- Found a suspicious parcel in the luggage screening area in airport at
Windhoek (Namibia’s capital)
 Suitcase equipped with a fuse, clock and wires
 Inspected the luggage of the plane bound for Munich
 Hindered the departure of the Air Berlin flight 7377
- Delayed
 296 passengers and 10 crew members
- Sent back to terminal
 Identify luggage
 The flight eventually took off (with passengers and crew)
 Cargo was left behind
 Plane arrived in Munich yesterday morning

RESULTED IN A LOT OF CONFUSION:


 They are questioning if this was a attempt of a terror attack to Munich
 Reinforced safety measures at airports, train stations and key landmarks
through heavily armed police officers and bomb-sniffing dogs.

 But the also will have more undercover investigations


 Called out news conference in Berlin this Wednesday
 Mr. De Maizière (German’s interior minister) „the government had concrete
indications of a series of attacks planned for the end of November
 Concerned, because the frequency of international flights being targeted
by terrorist rose the last two moths
 Two mail bombs were discovered while being sent on cargo planes from
Yemen to the U.S.
- One of them went through a German airport before being
found in Britain.
 Worried about reports that teams might be heading to Germany for a
Mumbai-style attack of other terrorism strikes.

 Situation develops: Almost every day new messages; Numbers increased and
concentrated on Germany

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