Germany will reportedly tell citizens to stockpile food, water in case of major attack

German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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In the wake of stabbing attacks and a shooting rampage last month, the German government is planning to tell citizens they should prepare themselves for a catastrophic event by having a stockpile of food and water, a German newspaper reports.

On Sunday, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung said the Interior Ministry has prepared a 69-page "Concept for Civil Defense" that states the "population will be obliged to hold an individual supply of food for 10 days" and have enough drinking water to last five days. This would be the first time Germany issues such an order since the end of the Cold War.

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.