One man has been arrested in Germany in connection with a possible attack on Cologne Cathedral in the west of the country.
On Saturday, police said they were heightening security at the building following indications of a possible attack on New Year’s Eve and in the wake of government warnings in recent weeks about the rising threat of Islamist violence.
The individual is a 30-year-old Tajik man “about whom there is information relevant to state security”, Cologne police said in a statement without releasing further details.
A court will allow the man to be held until 7 January.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser warned in recent weeks of the rising threat of Islamist violence in Germany and elsewhere in Europe as the Israel-Hamas war increases the risk of radicalisation.
