Germany: Weapons stolen from US military base

Written by Linda Digby 05 Aug 2016
Germany: Weapons stolen from US military base

Special agents from the US Army Criminal Investigation Command are investigating the theft of guns and other military equipment from an arms room in a Stuttgart base. The Army declined to say what kind of or how many weapons were stolen or to identify the unit targeted, citing the active investigation. A possible breach of the base fence is also part of the ongoing probe ‘and something we are looking at very closely,’ said Ray Johnson, a spokesman for the Army's Installation Management Command-Europe. A military official who was not authorised to speak to the media said that the site was Panzer Kaserne and that the theft included an unspecified number of guns. Panzer Kaserne is home to elite units such as Army Green Berets and Navy SEALs, as well as the garrison's headquarters and support units. The break-in comes at a time of heightened security concerns in Germany in the wake of a wave of high-profile terrorist attacks.

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