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      Germany: Police confirm arrest of 36yo Tunisian alleged of recruiting for IS01:45

      Germany: Police confirm arrest of 36yo Tunisian alleged of recruiting for IS

      Germany, Wiesbaden
      Politics
      February 1, 2017 at 08:50 GMT +00:00 · Published

      The Frankfurt General Prosecution Office confirmed in a press conference in Wiesbaden, Wednesday, that they had arrested a 36-year-old Tunisian citizen on suspicions he had recruited supporters for the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly known as ISIS/ISIL).

      "During our investigation this morning, the employees of the Hesse state crime agency searched 54 apartments in Hesse state, offices and two mosques. Most of them - 33 - were searched in total, were located in Frankfurt," the prosecution office's spokesperson Alexander Badle stated.

      Badle added that "the main suspect is a 36-year-old Tunisian citizen who is suspected to have worked, since August 2015, for the foreign terrorist organisation calling itself the Islamic State," with the goal "to carry out a terror attack in the Federal Republic of Germany. As far as we know, those plans were in very early stages, no specific target was yet chosen."

      Germany: Police confirm arrest of 36yo Tunisian alleged of recruiting for IS01:45
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      The Frankfurt General Prosecution Office confirmed in a press conference in Wiesbaden, Wednesday, that they had arrested a 36-year-old Tunisian citizen on suspicions he had recruited supporters for the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly known as ISIS/ISIL).

      "During our investigation this morning, the employees of the Hesse state crime agency searched 54 apartments in Hesse state, offices and two mosques. Most of them - 33 - were searched in total, were located in Frankfurt," the prosecution office's spokesperson Alexander Badle stated.

      Badle added that "the main suspect is a 36-year-old Tunisian citizen who is suspected to have worked, since August 2015, for the foreign terrorist organisation calling itself the Islamic State," with the goal "to carry out a terror attack in the Federal Republic of Germany. As far as we know, those plans were in very early stages, no specific target was yet chosen."

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