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Share Nineteen members of the association were the focus of this morning's raids and the group had been under surveillance for two years, Berlin Interior Senator Andreas Geisel told a news conference. A Senate statement said the group had propagated 'a martyr cult', supported Islamic State ideology, rejected the German constitution and called for sharia as the sole legitimate law. '(In the group), there are severe anti-Semites who are calling for the death of Jews,' Berlin Interior Secretary Torsten Akmann said in a statement. Akmann told the news conference he did not know if any arrests wer...

2 Min Read BERLIN (Reuters) - Hundreds of German police carried out raids in 26 locations across Berlin and neighbouring Brandenburg state on Thursday following the banning and dissolution of a radical Islamist group in the capital, authorities said. Berlin’s Senate interior department said it had outlawed Jama’atu Berlin, “a young and very radical jihad Salafist” association, also known as Tauhid Berlin, saying the group was advocating terrorist attacks. Nineteen members of the association were the focus of Thursday’s raids and the group had been under surveillance for two years, B...

Raid in Berlin targets extremist Islamic group 800 officers searched 26 sites looking for 19 suspects. Investigators say they drum up support for the Islamic State.  pde, kop, lex, 25.2.2021 - 10:04 Uhr Artikel anhören Photo: dpa/Paul ZinkenAll the protective gear. Berlin - Police early Thursday raided two-dozen sites in Berlin and Brandenburg in an effort to quell groups that support the terrorist Islamic State. The raids targeted 19 suspects, about half of them German nationals. About 800 officers were involved in the raids. Some of the suspects frequented the radical Fussilet mos...

Rigaer 94: warnings of "day X" ahead of fire inspection Court-sanctioned fire safety checks are due at one of Berlin's last squat houses. Backlash - possibly requiring a large police presence - is expected. Artikel anhören Photo: dpa/Wolfgang KummThe occupied Friedrichshain property is one of the last of its kind in a once widespread leftwing Berlin tradition. Friedrichshain - After a number of court decisions in favour of the owner of Rigaer Straße 94, which is home to a communal living project going back 30 years, the radical leftwing scene is preparing for "day X". Police expect demos, ...

Berlin news update: Friday, February 5 Lockdown debated as cases fall, vaccine deliveries give Senate hope, arrests after Schöneberg blast City and federal politicians are debating a relaxation of the lockdown as Berlin’s daily Covid-19 case numbers continue to fall. While mayor Michael Müller warned of “premature” plans to relax the rules, interior senator Andreas Geisel indicated that the city would seek to reopen schools and nurseries as soon as February 15. “Retail, restaurants, hotels would follow,” Geisel told the DPA on Thursday. However the federal gover...