suspect from a flat during a raid
Three Syrian men suspected to have links with Middle East-based Islamic State have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning an attack in the country.
According to the Federal public prosecutor on a statement released Thursday, Hamza 27, Mahood B 25 and 31-year-old Abd Arahman A.K were arrested in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Brandenburg and Baden-Wuerttemberg. Their homes were being searched the statement read.
The statement further added that an arrest warrant had been issued for another Syrian man, 25-year-old Saleh A.
Two of the accused – Saleh A. and Hamza C. are believed to had joined IS in Syria in the spring of 2014 and received the task from Islamic States leaders to carry out an attack on the old town of Duesseldorf, a city in western Germany, the federal prosecutor said.
The suspects later are believed to had recruited other men to take part in the attack, the prosecutor added.
Saleh A. and Hamza C. planned for two men to conduct suicide missions in the city centre and the other attackers were expected to carry out massive killings on pedestrians with guns and explosive devices.
The three are being held at undisclosed police station where they are being interrogated for more terror leads.
