There is a “huge risk of terrorist attacks in the European Union” over the coming holiday season, a senior EU official has said.

European Home Affairs Commission Ylva Johansson said the polarisation in society caused by the Israel-Hamas war was increasing the risk of violence.

Her remarks came days after a tourist was fatally stabbed in Paris.

The EU was making an additional €30m (£26m) available for additional security, Ms Johansson said.

She did not specify whether there was any specific information which had led to the warning.

“We saw it recently in Paris, unfortunately we have seen it earlier as well,” she added ahead of a meeting of EU interior ministers.

    • @rDrDr
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      710 months ago

      How dare they ruin Christmas!

      • @Something_Complex
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        610 months ago

        That shit is as religious now as Thanksgiving is about the native Americans

  • @Squizzy
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    1610 months ago

    Keep people scared, whether there is an attack or not now they are winning because we are scared.

    These attacks are ridiculously rare and you are incredibly unlikely to be caught up in one or even in the vicinity of one.

    • Ben Hur Horse Race
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      310 months ago

      thats the thing… I knew germans who were afraid to go to christmas markets that year someone drove a van down a street at a christmas market. if you were at THAT market, on that day, at that hour, at that minute and ON THAT ROAD you still had a poor chance of getting harmed.

      • @afraid_of_zombies
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        410 months ago

        Ok but if you were harmed that isn’t going to be a big comfort knowing that. We are evolved to avoid misery more than to seek happiness.

    • @shalafi
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      It’s like the “mass shooting” hysteria in America. Nothing like the media portrays. I’ll spare y’all the numbers, because facts are never welcome in that particular debate, but it’s nothing like they present. Rare, as you said.

      Does it strike no one else as odd that the government and media seem to be inadvertently colluding to scare us? They have different reasons, eyeballs-on-content and mass control, respectively.

      I’m old, grew up with 3 TV stations. They had to report basically the same news or be regarded as biased, which was a mortal sin. Boring as paste. Trust was a major factor in deciding what news to watch. (And of course, that was biased in itself.)

      No conspiracy here, they’re just doing what works to get what they want.

      • @Squizzy
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        410 months ago

        America has a gun problem, that isn’t debatable.

        America has more guns and far far more mass shootings than anyone else. If compare yourself to your peers you will see just how bad it is in America. I have never been within 500 miles of a school shooting, can anyone in America say that?

    • @[email protected]
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      -610 months ago

      That, and in and in Europe all people have access to for weaponry is the equivalent of a fiat and a letter opener, lol. They might get a few people, but are usually bagged and tagged instantly by someone with a chairleg or a narwhal tusk.

      • R0cket_M00se
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        710 months ago

        People have literally killed dozens in mass stabbings before. I’m not saying it’s common, but someone with a knife in a crowded room can kill quite a few individuals before getting mobbed.

      • @Squizzy
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        310 months ago

        Chair leg? Wtf are you on about

  • @Xtremis77
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    1010 months ago

    Religion(s) of peace and love…

    • @afraid_of_zombies
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      No don’t you understand it isn’t because of religion it is because of some political things the UK did back in the 1930s. You know according to people on this site.

  • AutoTL;DRB
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    110 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    European Home Affairs Commission Ylva Johansson said the polarisation in society caused by the Israel-Hamas war was increasing the risk of violence.

    A similar warning came from German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser who told reporters the EU had to keep a close eye on threats and propaganda, as there was a high “risk of further emotionalisation and radicalisation of violent Islamist perpetrators”.

    Many European countries have seen a surge in hate crimes since Hamas gunmen attacked Israeli communities, leaving about 1,200 people dead and many others held hostage in Gaza.

    Police said the 26-year-old French suspect, identified as Armand R, who comes from a non-religious Iranian family had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.

    Last week two boys were detained in different parts of the country on suspicion of planning a militant Islamist attack on a Christmas market in the city of Leverkusen.

    The head of German domestic intelligence in the eastern state of Thuringia, Stephan Kramer, has warned of the “considerable potential for danger” posed by Hamas-sympathisers, not just to Christmas markets but to major sporting events such as the Paris Olympics and the Euro 2024 football championships next year.


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