Germany has 7,000 terror suspects at large and is finding it ‘almost impossible’ to monitor them, former UK intelligence chief says

Thursday, December 22, 2016
By Paul Martin

Ex-MI6 counter-terror chief highlights scale of task for German authorities
Richard Barrett said 550 ‘really extreme potential terrorists’ were in the country
But he warned a 7,000 strong wider group of potential suspects was ‘almost impossible’ to keep track of

By JAMES TAPSFIELD
DailyMail.com
22 December 2016

Germany is finding it ‘almost impossible’ to keep track of around 7,000 potential terror suspects in the country, a former British intelligence chief has warned.

Richard Barrett, who was head of counter-terrorism at MI6, said the authorities were finding the number of ‘live’ cases unmanageable.

The grim assessment came as German security services face difficult questions following the Berlin Christmas market massacre.

It has emerged that the suspect, Anis Amris, a lifelong criminal, should have been deported months ago.

The 24-year-old, who has a 100,000 euro reward on his head, was under surveillance by German intelligence for several months following his arrival in the country in 2015.

He had been arrested three times this year and his asylum application was rejected, but deportation papers were never served and he disappeared.

The Tunisian radical was known to be a supporter of Islamic State and to have received weapons training.

He also tried to recruit an accomplice for a terror plot – which the authorities knew about – but still remained at large.

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