State: Leaders Face High Terror Threat at G-7 Summit
General view of Hotel castle Elmau in Kruen near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany / AP
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June 5, 2015 4:59 am
Al Qaeda and other Islamist terrorists pose a “high” threat of attacking the upcoming G-7 summit meeting in Germany, according to a State Department security report.
“The current overall terrorist threat level to the U.S. private sector and VIP’s during the 2015 G7 summit is considered to be high,” the report by the Overseas Security Advisory Council states.
Large-scale protests that could turn violent also are expected near the summit site, the report said.
World leaders, including President Obama and six others heads of state from major countries and the European Union, will gather at the Bavarian alpine resort of Schloss Elmau, about 60 miles south of Munich in southern Germany, beginning Sunday.
The remote location and increased German security will “make it very difficult to orchestrate an extremist attack at the site,” the report states.
“Currently, there are no known credible terrorist threats against the event or other targets in Germany, the five-page internal report says.
“However, there are German and foreign nationals in the country who have expressed hostile views and intents towards German and U.S. interests in-country and the threat of terrorism is present in all major German cities.”
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