Attack on Cologne Cathedral foiled on Christmas Eve. Welcome to Europe

According to information from the German newspaper Die Welt, the security authorities have received information about a possible attack plan by an Islamic group against the Cologne Cathedral. A church in Vienna was also a possible target, Bild reported.

On Saturday evening the authorities announced that the police will take special protection measures in every case where danger is announced. The State Security Agency , active in the field of politically motivated crimes, launched an investigation. It seems that the terrorist group implicated in the threats is the ISPK (Islamic State Khorasan Province).

No explosives found

“Although the reference refers to New Year's Eve, this evening we will take everything into account to ensure the safety of visitors to the cathedral on Christmas Eve,” said Cologne's criminal police chief, Michael Esser. On Saturday evening the cathedral was searched with drug-sniffing dogs. However, no explosives were found, the German Press Agency learned from security circles on Sunday morning. From Christmas Eve onwards all visitors will be screened before entering the church.

Merry Christmas in the Europe of 2023

These are the Christmas greetings that Islamic extremists send to a Europe open to uncontrolled immigration in 2023. When fear in the Old Continent even infiltrates religious Christmas celebrations, then it means that we are truly close to the end of European and Western culture . Yet it is not the first time that Christmas celebrations have been attacked in Germany: in 2016 the Christmas market in Berlin was attacked and the person responsible was later killed by the police in Italy . In Europe the alarm was raised a few weeks ago, fortunately without consequences, until now.

How did we get to this point?