Hagen - German police said on Thursday they had arrested four people, including a 16-year-old boy, after they received information about a possible threat to a synagogue.
Late on Wednesday, police stepped up their protection of a synagogue in Hagen, a town of some 200,000 on the fringes of the Ruhr industrial region in the west of the country.
The threat coincided with the Jewish festival of Yom Kippur, when observant Jews hold overnight vigils in synagogues.
On Thursday, police in Hagen said they had arrested four people as a result of their investigation into the threat and had searched various buildings.
+++ WICHTIGE INFORMATION +++ Uns liegen aktuell Hinweise über eine mögliche Gefährdungslage im Zusammenhang mit einer jüdischen Einrichtung in Hagen vor. Polizeiliche Schutzmaßnahmen wurden entsprechend angepasst. Wir stehen in einem engen Kontakt mit der jüdischen Gemeinde.
— Polizei NRW DO (@polizei_nrw_do) September 15, 2021
Source: dw
