Germany Vows More Checking of Migrants after Attacks

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Top security officials in Germany called Tuesday for tougher security screening of asylum-seekers and also announced that more police officers will be hired following four attacks in the country in the span of a week - two of them claimed by Daesh [the Arabic acronym for the terrorist "ISIS" group].

Horst Seehofer, the governor of Bavaria - where three of last week's attacks took place - told the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung Tuesday: "We must know who is in our country."

Thomas Strobl, the interior minister of Baden-Wuerttemberg, where a woman was killed by a Syrian attacker Sunday, also demanded a tougher stance toward asylum-seekers.

"Those who abuse the right to hospitality must go back to their home countries - make no mistake about it," Strobl told Funke media group.

Three of the attacks were carried out by recent immigrants, rekindling concerns about Germany's ability to cope with the estimated 1 million migrants registered entering the country last year.

Seehofer also announced that the state of Bavaria would hire more police officers.

"The increase will be significant," he said.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team