Thuringia is on high alert with its anti-terror police making nine raids across the country in response to an "imminent terror threat". Armed police accompanied by sniffer dogs conducted the raids after being sent to look for weapons and explosives. Searches took place in areas including Thuringia , Bavaria , North Rhine -Westphalia, Hamburg and Bavaria . The raids are part of an ongoing investigation into a 28-year-old Syrian citizen of Chechen background suspected of preparing "a serious act of violent subversion" warned a police report. Germany has suffered from a series of attacks this year , heaping pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door immigration policy.
Thuringia is on high alert with its anti-terror police making nine raids across the country in response to an "imminent terror threat". Searches took place in areas including Thuringia , Bavaria , North Rhine -Westphalia, Hamburg and Bavaria . The raids are part of an ongoing investigation into a 28-year-old Syrian citizen of Chechen background suspected of preparing "a serious act of violent subversion" warned a police report. Germany has suffered from a series of attacks this year , heaping pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door immigration policy.