Berlin Tightens Security on Suspects After CSD Attack

Following the suspected Islamist attack on Berlin's Christopher Street Day (CSD), authorities have tightened security measures in the German capital. "At the request of the Berlin police, four Gefährder [individuals classified by German authorities as posing a potential threat] are now wearing ankle monitors," Berlin's Senator for the Interior, Iris Spranger (SPD), announced on Monday.

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"In addition, one of these individuals has also been placed under preventive detention." The news was first reported by the "Tagesspiegel."

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Threat Classification and Attack Background

Following the attack in Berlin, in which a woman was killed and 31 other people were injured, calls for consequences had grown louder. The suspected 21-year-old perpetrator was classified as a potential threat but was at large. According to the "Tagesspiegel," the individuals now required to wear ankle monitors for 30 days are three men and one woman.

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Court Backing and Legal Reforms

According to the newspaper, the preventive detention order was issued with regard to the CSD event in Hamburg, which took place last weekend. Overnight on Monday, the individual was released from preventive detention, the "Tagesspiegel" reported.

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"I very much welcome the fact that the competent court has agreed with our assessment," Spranger stated on Monday. The options created by the Senate through the reform of the General Security and Public Order Act and the amendment to the Constitutional Protection Act were now on the table, she said. "It is right and absolutely necessary that they be applied consistently."

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