German police have prevented 18 Islamist terrorist attacks in the country since 2010, according to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) figures released on Tuesday. “Since 2010, 18 cases within the BKA have been classified as Islamist-motivated attacks prevented by law enforcement authorities,” the national police agency said. According to the BKA, a total of nine attacks were thwarted in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state. Those attacks included a planned attack with explosives and a planned attack with firearms in 2011, an alleged attack on the chairman of the far-righ…