Madrid will have these days in the major christmas events with new security elements, such as bollards and planters, to prevent attacks like the one that took place recently in Berlin, where a truck broke into a Christmas market.
this was confirmed today at a press conference the delegate of the Government in the Spanish capital, Concepción Dancausa, who gave details of the security device deployed to prevent attacks by jihadists.
The new elements to prevent the access of heavy vehicles will be located during the celebration of new year’s Eve in the central square Puerta del Sol in Madrid, to the that every night of the 31st of December thousands of people attending to welcome the new year.
Also be items of contention in the popular San Silvestre race, which involves hundreds of runners on the afternoon of 31 December, as well as in the traditional cavalcade of the three Kings, which runs through the centre of the Spanish capital on January 5.
Spain has been in place since June 2015 level 4 alert against terrorism, one less than the maximum (5).
“The absolute security cannot be guaranteed, but we do have the assurance and confidence that our security forces work tirelessly to protect us and that certainly is a source of tranquility for all,” he said today Dancausa.
The Spanish Ministry of Interior denied on Monday through a press release false information disseminated via the social networks on the commission of a possible attack jihadist in Spain. “Lack all credibility”, he said.
last December 19, a truck killed 12 people and wounded half a hundred to erupt violently in a christmas market in Berlin, Germany. The attack was similar to an attack in July in the French city of Nice, where 85 people died run over by another truck in full celebration of the national holiday.
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