Berlin, Germany – Police Issue Terrorist Warning to Jewish Community, Four Arab Men Arrested

Berlin, Germany – Berlin police have warned the city's Jewish community of an increased threat of terrorist attack and have increased their monitoring of synagogues and Jewish schools.

Leaders of the 12,000-strong community in the German capital had been told of an increased threat from Islamist terrorists. A similar warning had been issued to the Israeli Embassy on January 11.

The federal German authorities declined to comment on a report that they had found a large quantity of explosives, and Berlin police declined to comment that four Arab men had been arrested while acting suspiciously near Jewish insitutions. Jewish leaders could not be reached on the Sabbath.
A stolen army minibus had also been found with its number plates removed, suggesting the vehicle was to have been used in a bomb attack. [earthtimes]