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‘TikTok Terrorists’ prompt concerns in Europe about a new wave of terror attacks

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epa11586818 An Israeli flag flutters in front of the Israeli Consulate General building after a shooting near the NS Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism building in Munich, Germany, 05 September 2024. German police officers on 05 September shot a man who was carrying a firearm and opened fire near the Israeli Consulate General and the Nazi Documentation Center in Munich. According to the police, there is no evidence of any other suspects.  EPA-EFE/ANNA SZILAGYI

A 19-year-old Muslim youth whose family came from Bosnia and lived in Austria, opened fire with a gun near the Israeli Consulate in Munich on Sept 5.

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Germany has reimposed controls at all its borders in a bid to prevent illegal immigration and reduce terrorist threats.

Although formal border checks between most European Union member states were abolished over two decades ago, Germany reintroduced controls in 2023 at its eastern and southern borders with Poland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Austria.

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