(BBC News) Islamist terrorism is the biggest challenge facing Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said in her New Year message.
Referring to the deadly truck attack in Berlin by a Tunisian asylum seeker, she said it was “sickening” when acts of terror were carried out by people who had sought protection.
She said 2016 had been a year of “severe tests”.
But she also said she was confident Germany could overcome them.
“As we go about our lives and our work, we are saying to the terrorists: ‘You are hate-filled murderers, but you do not determine how we live and want to live. We are free, considerate and open’,” Mrs Merkel said.
