German court: Informants handler must stay secret
Germany s intelligence agencies face scrutiny from lawmakers over the deadly Christmas market terror attack in 2016. However, the country s top court refused to let lawmakers quiz an informants supervisor.
Opposition parties would not be allowed to question an intelligence officer over the 2016 Breitscheid Square terror attack, Germany s BVG constitutional court announced on Wednesday. The judges decided to protect the identity of the officer, who had been in charge of coordinating informants close to the attacker.
Eleven Christmas marketgoers were killed when Islamist Anis Amri drove a hijacked truck amokafter killing its driver. Italian police later shot Amri dead.
Amri-Ausschuss darf geheimen V-Mann-Führer nicht befragen - Brennpunkte
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