ISIS said that they were going to target Europe during the Christmas season. And here we go.
A Christmas market in the German city of Potsdam was evacuated December 1 after police found an improvised explosive device (IED) nearby. The market was re-opened a day later with increased security.
Police in the state of Brandenburg reported the device was delivered to a pharmacy in Potsdam. An employee called the police after opening the package and discovering an IED inside.
Police officers defused it three hours later. The device contained nails, wires and batteries but no detonator. It is not currently known who sent the IED.
“We just don’t know at this point if this was a device that could have actually exploded, or a fake, or a test,” Interior Minister for Brandenburg Karl-Heinz Schröte told media. Police are carrying out an investigation into who is behind it.
ISIS threatened to attack European cities during the Christmas season, circulating the following image with writing in English, French and German saying, “Soon on your holidays.”