Germany’s Christmas Markets Are Now Ringed With Security Barriers NYT | Top Stories By: Christopher F. Schuetze 19 December 2025 at 18:02 To prevent ramming attacks at Christmas markets, German officials have installed concrete blocks, chain barriers and, in one case, metal bollards removed by a hand-cranked crane. © Anush Babajanyan for The New York TimesSecurity personnel standing next to bollards blocking the main entrance to the Christmas Market in Augsburg, Germany, in December.
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