Overview

• ‘Nashid Aktionstag’ mobilized 320 officers—including SEK and LKA units—to conduct synchronized searches at 23 sites across Berlin starting at 6 a.m.
• Authorities arrested 23 individuals aged 14 to 36 on suspicion of distributing Islamist terrorist propaganda online.
• Investigators seized smartphones, tablets and other digital media and have begun questioning detainees to map extremist recruitment networks.
• The crackdown focused on ten juveniles, six young adults and seven adults believed to be involved in spreading naschids—religious chants used to glorify violence—to youths.
• The Berlin Police Union praised the raids as a strong demonstration of security forces’ resolve against radical Islamist ideologies exploiting social media.