Gavin Grey: UK correspondent on German police reportedly foiling planned terror attack hours before UEFA Euro 2024 final

German police have reportedly foiled a planned terror attack just hours before last week's UEFA Euro 2024 final in Berlin.

Three suspects were reportedly detained during a series of raids of addresses in nearby Potsdam, after they were taking pictures of a fanzone and a church.

UK correspondent Gavin Grey says the suspects were known ISIS supporters.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Right now, Devin Gray is with US our UK europe
correspondent Kevin Germany apparently foiling a suspected TIRA plot. Tell
us about that.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Good morning to you Ryan. Yeah. Unconfirmed, but it is
said that the days before the final of the Euros,
in which of course England football team were defeated by
Spain two to one. It was last Sunday's big football showpiece.
But it's now been claimed that in the days before that,
police in Germany managed to foil a suspected terrorist plot

(00:32):
by Islamic State. It was said that there was the
potential to attack a fan zone, so where fans don't
have tickets, they obviously go to a big screen in
a big area, and it was said to be in
Berlin's sprawling bright shiped flats. Thousands of supporters did gather there,
but that was after three suspects had been detained by
German special forces coordinated raids in the nearby Potsdam district,

(00:57):
and it was said that of those it is thought
that people were taking pictures on their phones of the
area beforehand, so it said the men were known to
Islamic that were known as Islamic State supporters already to
German surveillance and of course round Let's not forget all
this before the Olympics starts in Paris amid very type

(01:19):
security on Friday.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
Yeah, that is a worry, isn't it. And I know
I've got about forty five thousand police officers who can
be in the city for the opening ceremony. Let's go
to Leeds riots and Leads.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
Yeah, so Leeds, big city in Yorkshire, northeast of England.
And when the local authority turned up with police in
order to take some children away from one particular family.
We don't have any more details, but obviously the authorities
did not think the children were safe. All of a
sudden they were surrounded by lots of other people thought

(01:52):
to be from the Roma community, of which there is
a large ethnic population of Roma in the Harehells district Leads.
It led to some violence. Police were attacked with things
being thrown at them, but also if police car was overturned,
officers telted as I mentioned, and a bus was set
on fire. Well, a man has now been charged with

(02:12):
arson and violent disorder because of the bus, and five
others have been arrested on suspicion and violent disorder lots
of very good pictures on social media of those who
were said to be the ringleaders, and the Home Secretary
saying this was just absolutely audacious, senseless violence and it
will not be allowed and the police are to take
the full force of action against those that are found responsible.

(02:36):
Conditions there still said to be very tense in the
Ahals area as the children are still away from the
family and the family say they want the children back.
They've done nothing wrong.

Speaker 1 (02:46):
Gosh, it does sound like a very distressing situation. Kevin,
Thank you very much for your time. Kevin Gray, UK
europe Correspondent.

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