Authorities have issued a ban on all trucks in the city centre ahead of the upcoming Cologne carnival in an effort to prevent a repeat of the Berlin Christmas market attack.Organisers of the carnival, which is set to take place between the 23rd and 28th of February, are looking to increase security at the event and hope the ban on trucks weighing more than 7.5 tonnes will make a radical Islamic terror attack, like that which occurred in Nice or Berlin, impossible.Mayor of Cologne Henriette Reker said there would also be armed police guarding the carnival but said the festive spirit of the event would not be affected, Die Welt reports.“Nobody should be afraid of participating in the street carnival,” Ms Reker said. Cologne is not the only city to increase security in their city centres. Bonn and Essen have erected concrete barriers to prevent trucks or cars from entering pedestrian areas and Dusseldorf is considering a similar ban.Police in Cologne and Dusseldorf will be armed with submachine guns, though both cities have noted they have no evidence of being the target of any specific terror threats.
just an idea of how bad it's gotten in Europe
You mean people are trying to stop innocent people being murdered?! Boy, the world sure has gone crazy!
should we have banned planes because of 9/11?
certainly made me like them more.
