Far-right extremists sent bomb threat to Berlin mosque

BERLIN

Suspected far-right extremists emailed a bomb threat to Berlin’s prominent Sehitlik Mosque on Monday.

Mosque officials told Anadolu Agency that they immediately informed the police after receiving an e-mail from the far-right terrorist group Combat 18, which claimed that the group had planted plastic explosives in the mosque complex.

Rifki Olgun Yucekok, the Turkish consul general in Berlin, urged German authorities to take stronger measures to protect the mosques.

“This may turn out to be a hoax, but still it’s an attempt to disrupt peace, social cohesion,” he stressed, adding that they expect German authorities to identify those behind

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