The German government met for crisis security meetings in Berlin on Saturday to discuss a series of deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, prompting warnings from the German interior minister that Germany stood "in the firing line" for similar attacks. "The situation is serious," Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said, after Chancellor Angela Merkel summoned her cabinet to discuss the possible repercussions for Germany following Friday's attack. "Germany, too, remains firmly as ever in the firing line of international terrorism," dpa quoted De Maiziere as saying.