Summary

Germany is enforcing a strict knife ban at Christmas markets as part of a new security package passed in October following a deadly knife attack in Solingen that killed three and injured eight.

Interior Minister Nancy Faeser pledged “strict enforcement” and “zero tolerance,” with fines of up to €10,000 for violations.

The ban applies to knives at festivals, markets, and large events, with police ensuring compliance.

The measures aim to enhance safety at Germany’s iconic markets, which have already seen one unrelated injury this season.

  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    All of Islams problems can be explained entirely by demographics, modern history, and wealth distribution — which directly impacts quality of education.

    Iran was a relatively liberal democracy before western plutocracies chose to arm radicals and overthrow the government.

    Afghanistan was relatively stable until the soviets invaded and overthrew the government, and the west taught them how to do terrorism/insurgency.

    But sure, let’s just ignore history and act like Christianity wasn’t a radical terrorist org prior to science and universal education.

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      Are you suggesting that other parts of the world which lack serious educational support for the poor are somehow also inclined to the level of radicalized violence that is part of the current Islamic religion?

      And why are we bringing up history of Christianity? That’s not in the current world view, it’s doing some atrocious shit right now, but let’s not pretend it’s being used in the way that islam currently is. No religion is clean, but in the present islam is the cause of a huge majority of the violence we see.

      What happened to being intolerant of the intolerant? Or does that only apply to nazis and fascist?