German paper hit by arsonists

A Hamburg daily that reprinted satirical cartoons from French newspaper Charlie Hebdo was hit by arsonists at the weekend, raising security concerns in Germany on the eve of a planned mass rally against Islam in the city of Dresden.

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere warned: “I am very concerned about well-prepared perpetrators like those in Paris, Brussels, Australia or Canada.”

There were about 260 people in Germany regarded as dangerous Islamists, he said.