Merkel Orders Sweeping Security Review After “Catastrophic Mistakes” In Amri Case
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Dec 23, 2016
The Berlin truck attacker may be dead, but for Germany the aftershock from the deadliest terrorist attack in years will linger for a long time, and will lead to significant changes in the daily lives of ordinary Germans, starting with the erection of concrete barriers around Christmas markets.
So in an act many view is long overdue, Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday ordered a sweeping review of Germany’s security apparatus, which has drawn withering criticism after a known jihadist killed 12 people in a Berlin Christmas market. Anger has mounted since it emerged chief suspect Tunisian Anis Amri, 24 – who was shot dead Friday by police in Milan – was a known radical Islamist and criminal who had long been under counter-terrorism surveillance on suspicion he was plotting an attack.
Critics have also pointed to a two-day delay before authorities issued a public wanted notice for the fugitive, as well as the fact the rejected asylum seeker should have been deported long ago.
Amid the fierce criticism, Merkel pledged a “comprehensive” analysis of what went wrong. “The Amri case raises questions – questions that are not only tied to this crime but also to the time before, since he came to Germany in July 2015” from Italy, she said. “We will now intensively examine to what extent official procedures need to be changed.”
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