Germany plans to tighten security laws after Christmas attack in Berlin
Berlin — German ministers have announced plans for security reforms in response to the jihadist attack on a Berlin Christmas market, including electronic ankle bracelets for extremists considered potentially violent. Berlin also wants to pressure countries that refuse to take back citizens denied asylum by Germany, including by cutting foreign aid, said Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere. Rejected asylum seekers listed by German security as a danger to the public would be detained more easily and for longer before deportation, he said. De Maiziere said the plan showed that in difficult times the government could "increase the security of the citizens of Germany without a disproportionate restriction of basic rights". The proposed reforms follow the December 19 attack, claimed by the Islamic State group, in which a hijacked truck drove over yuletide revellers, killing 12. Tunisian suspect Anis Amri, 24, was shot dead on the run by Italian police four days later. "We want to do ever...
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