Anti-terror raids were launched on houses in Thuringia, Hamburg, North Rhine Germany is on high alert with its anti-terror police making 13 raids across the country in response to an "imminent terror threat". Searches took place in areas including Thuringia, Hamburg, North Rhine -Westphalia, Saxony and Bavaria. The German interior ministry said it had been alerted by a tip that there was "a potential threat of terrorism" at a refugee centre near Frankfurt. Germany has suffered from a series of attacks this year, heaping pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door immigration policy.
Germany is on high alert with its anti-terror police making 13 raids across the country in response to an "imminent terror threat". Searches took place in areas including Thuringia, Hamburg, North Rhine -Westphalia, Saxony and Bavaria. The German interior ministry said it had been alerted by a tip that there was "a potential threat of terrorism" at a refugee centre near Frankfurt. Germany has suffered from a series of attacks this year, heaping pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door immigration policy.