A potential attack on a Bavarian Christmas market near Dinggolfing-Landau has been foiled, the Munich Public Prosecutor’s Office and the police announced. The five foreign suspects allegedly planned “to kill as many people as possible.”
Security forces in Lower Bavaria arrested five men on charges of suspected terrorism.
According to information provided by law enforcement, a 56-year-old Egyptian, a 37-year-old Syrian, and three Moroccans, aged 22, 28, and 30, were detained. The Egyptian, an Islamic preacher, reportedly called for “killing or injuring as many people as possible” using a vehicle at a local mosque during the Christmas holiday season. The Moroccans were reportedly prepared to carry out an attack per these instructions, while the Syrian allegedly supported their plans.
Investigators assume the crime was motivated by Islamist motives.
🇩🇪🔴"The reality of Christmas markets in 2025"
Anti-terror security measures are costing the German Christmas market in the city of Bremen "an impressive €3 million."
This includes increased video surveillance, concrete blocks, bollards, special barriers, and patrols.… pic.twitter.com/HKc9vN3lGr
— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) December 3, 2025Four suspects are currently in pre-trial detention, while the fifth was placed under “preventive custody” by court order. The arrests, which took place on Friday, Dec. 12, were preceded by an intensive investigation led by the Bavarian State Central Office for Combating Extremism and Terrorism. “No foreign intelligence service was involved in this case,” the state prosecutor’s office and the police stated.
Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann praised the state’s security services for their “excellent cooperation.” He said this impressively demonstrated their “good response capabilities and effectiveness,” proving that “we are capable of protecting our citizens!”
🇩🇪🎄Nothing says Christmas like anti-tank barriers.
A small German town, Külsheim, is using anti-tank barriers to protect its Christmas market from terror attacks — the same type of anti-tank barriers used to stop invading armies.
German public media outlet SWR praises this… pic.twitter.com/9hqazfXjMT
— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) November 30, 2025There have been numerous previous attacks on German Christmas markets.
In December 2016, a radicalized Islamist drove a truck into a crowd at Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz, killing 13 people. Last December, a driver deliberately drove a car into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing six people and injuring over 300 others. A trial is currently underway at the Magdeburg Regional Court against the confessed perpetrator from Saudi Arabia who has been living in Germany since 2006.
Deputy Minister President of Bavaria Hubert Aiwanger posted on X: “Terror plans by Islamists, hatched in a Mosque? If a mosque is misused for plotting terror plans, then it must be closed.”
Europe has been on high alert due to a series of Islamic-inspired attacks on Christmas markets across Europe in recent years. Last year, a Saudi national working as a doctor plowed his vehicle into the Magdeburg Christmas market, killing six and wounding hundreds. His trial is currently ongoing. In that particular attack, the man may have been less motivated by Islam and more motivated by a hatred of Germans, as evidenced by his repeated threats to kill Germans. Among other reasons, he listed the German government’s refusal to take in more Saudi female refugees.
The attack not only raised questions about Germany security services and their failure to prevent it, but also the German medical establishment for allowing him to become a doctor despite a fraudulent history and repeated threats to kill Germans. Saudi intelligence services even warned German authorities on multiple occasions of the threat the man presented, yet no action was taken.
🇩🇪🔥 Saudi doctor Taleb al-Abdulmohsen is now on trial for allegedly killing 6 people during a deadly car-ramming terror attack on a German Christmas market last year.
The 51-year-old suspect faces 6 counts of murder and hundreds of counts of attempted murder and bodily harm for… pic.twitter.com/HRsaqF9kE6
— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) November 11, 2025In other countries, such as France, there is also a high terror threat level due to the potential for attacks. On Dec. 3, French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez calls for even more security around Christmas markets, citing a “very high terrorist threat.” He sent a letter addressed to all French prefects, where he noted Christmas markets remain a “a target.”
In order to prevent such an attack, he called for “bans and restrictions on parking and traffic” at Christmas markets and other events. Police officers and soldiers, who are a part of “Operation Sentinelle” should ensure a “visible and deterrent presence.”
The mayor of Colmar, Éric Straumann, announced his city’s market will be policed by “flying drones” to reinforce security, according to BFMTV outlet.
This has become the norm for Western, multicultural societies, in which Christmas markets have become hyper-policed zones, with anti-tank barriers, concrete bollards, and mass surveillance.
