BERLIN: Suspected far-right extremists emailed a bomb threat to Berlin’s prominent Sehitlik Mosque.
Mosque officials told Turkish media outlet that they immediately informed the police after receiving an email from the far-right terrorist group Combat 18 that claimed that the group had planted plastic explosives in the mosque complex. “Today some bombs will explode in the mosque,” the mail read, sent by “neo88@web.de.”
Rıfkı Olgun Yucekok, the Turkish consul general in Berlin, urged German authorities to take stronger measures to protect the mosques.
“This may turn out to be a hoax but still it’s an attempt to disrupt peace and social cohesion,” he stressed, adding that they expect German authorities to identify those behind such threats and bring them to justice. “We don’t have the luxury to ignore this.”
The Şehitlik Mosque, which belongs to the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB), is a well-known Muslim place of worship in the capital.
Two days before this incident the Yeşil Mosque in the German city Menden received a threat as well. A criminal complaint was filed.
