How safe are the Christmas markets in Bavaria after the attack?

How safe are the Christmas markets in Bavaria after the attack?

The Christmas market season in Germany is just around the corner, but the anticipation is clouded by the shocking events in Magdeburg. There, a man drove to a crowd on December 20 and killed several people, while around 200 people, including around 40 seriously injured, were also affected. The brutal attack ensures great uncertainty, especially in Bavaria, where the safety precautions have to be attracted vigorously. Like merkur.de reported Bayern's interior minister Joachim Herrmann that the abstract endanger situation by Islamist Terror is still very high.

The Bavarian security authorities have announced extensive measures to protect the Christmas markets. This includes strict person and pocket controls that are carried out by both uniformed and civil police officers. Also new is a nationwide knife ban on public events to reduce possible threats. The organizers of the Christmas markets in cities such as Nuremberg, Munich and Augsburg are in close exchange with the police to develop individual security concepts, such as Ruhr24 Complemented .

A special role also plays technical precautions such as mobile blocks that are used in particularly endangered areas. The police in North Rhine-Westphalia have already set up numerous patrols with heavily armed emergency services on the Christmas markets in order to be able to meet potential dangers at an early stage. Another focus is on the possibility of blocking vehicles on access to the markets in order to prevent vehicles from passing through and increase the safety of visitors.