(Deutsche Welle) The threat from potential Islamist terrorists in Germany has decreased from last year, according to data from the German Interior Ministry.
A total of 679 Islamic extremists in Germany were considered to pose a terrorist risk at the beginning of November 2019, compared with 774 people at the start of July 2018, according to the ministry, which provided the data in response to a request published by German news agency DPA and weekly Die Zeit.
Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) uses the word “Gefährder” (literally: “endangerer”) in the context of politically motivated criminality to mean anyone who could potentially commit serious violence or carry out terror attacks.
