German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned in her new year’s address of the terrorist threat facing Germany, saying that her government will take whatever steps are necessary to ensure the country’s security. In her New Year’s speech, Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the past 12 months…
A truck slammed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday night, killing at least 12 people and injures 48, in what authorities are investigating as a possible terrorist attack. Police said on Twitter that they had taken one suspect into custody and that another passenger from the truck had died as it…
A 12-year-old boy is alleged to have attempted to detonate a homemade nail bomb at a Christmas market in Germany, officials said Friday. The device – a glass jar filled with a combustible powder and nails – was destroyed by a police bomb squad after being found in the western city of Ludwigshafen. Stefan…