German lawmakers approved on Friday a package of security and immigration measures proposed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s centre-left coalition in response to suspected Islamist attacks earlier this year. The plan includes a general ban on knives at public events. Under the new law, asylum seekers obliged to leave the country may have their benefits cut if another European Union country is responsible for them under the EU’s so-called Dublin rules and there are no obstacles to their departure. In terrorism investigations, a comparison of biometric data on the internet is to be made possible, pro…