Germany: attack against the Hamburger Morgenpost


In Hamburg, an incendiary device was thrown at the premises of the daily Hamburger Morgenpost last night. There are no casualties. Two people were arrested, according to police. She said that two rooms had been damaged but the fire was quickly extinguished.


The security forces refused at first to make a connection with the events in Paris.


As have other newspapers around the world after the massacre of Charlie Hebdo, the Hamburger Morgenpost published cartoons from the French satirical weekly, cartoons about Mohammed. The newspaper with a circulation of 0000 copies 91 published the following: "as much freedom should be possible."


According to press reports, the Hamburger Morgenpost had hired guards to strengthen its security.


Islamist circles Hamburg had appeared on the front of the scene in 2001 when it was revealed that three of the authors of hijackings in the United States on 11 September, including their leader Mohammed Atta, lived in the port city of some 2.4 million inhabitants.






No comments:

Post a Comment