Intelligence Agency Says Around 1,000 Hizbullah Operatives in Germany
Germany's domestic intelligence agency has warned that Hizbullah has 950 active operatives in the country while Islamist Movement Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, has 300.
The agency (BfV) did not give further details on Hizbullah's alleged operations in Germany but said the country “is on the spectrum of goals for Islamic terrorists.”
In the report it issued on Tuesday, the agency also warned that the Islamic State group's recruitment of individuals willing to travel to Syria and Iraq was a cause for alarm among security services.
It said the IS with its self-imposed "Caliphate" was trying to establish a "logistic center" larger than al-Qaida in Afghanistan.
BfV, which is headquartered in Cologne, said if that happened, terrorists would be capable of coordinating complex attacks.
Hans-Georg Maassen, the head of the agency, warned last month that a growing number of women have gone to Iraq and Syria to fight alongside IS militants.
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