01:20Germany: Police raid refugee shelter in connection with killed Paris attacker
Police raided a refugee shelter in Recklinghausen, early Friday, in search of possible supporters of Walid Sahili, who was shot dead while allegedly attacking a police station in Paris on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks.
Around 100 police officers took part in the raid. Police checked papers and belongings of the refugees living in the shelter. The results of the raid have not yet been announced.
Police raided the facility earlier in January in connection with the incident in Paris.
Police shot dead the knife-wielding man as he allegedly tried to enter a police station in the Parisian suburb of Barbes on January 7. The man was wearing a fake explosive device and yelled "Allahu Akbar" as he attempted to enter the facility, according to a statement by the Paris prosecutor's office. The incident took place exactly one year after the Charlie Hebdo killings.
01:20Police raided a refugee shelter in Recklinghausen, early Friday, in search of possible supporters of Walid Sahili, who was shot dead while allegedly attacking a police station in Paris on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks.
Around 100 police officers took part in the raid. Police checked papers and belongings of the refugees living in the shelter. The results of the raid have not yet been announced.
Police raided the facility earlier in January in connection with the incident in Paris.
Police shot dead the knife-wielding man as he allegedly tried to enter a police station in the Parisian suburb of Barbes on January 7. The man was wearing a fake explosive device and yelled "Allahu Akbar" as he attempted to enter the facility, according to a statement by the Paris prosecutor's office. The incident took place exactly one year after the Charlie Hebdo killings.