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1st LD Writethru: German investigators arrest 5 suspected IS recruiters

Xinhua, November 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

The German Federal Public Prosecutor arrested in German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia five people who are suspected of supporting the "Islamic State" (IS) militant group, the authority announced on Tuesday.

The five suspects were accused of having formed a supra-regional "Salafist-jihadist" network, within which the accused Ahmad Abdulaziz Abdullah A. had assumed the central leadership position.

Ahmad Abdulaziz Abdullah A., who avowed he is an IS member, had appeared as a speaker in the past at numerous salafist events. His network aimed to send people to join the IS in Syria, according to the German Federal Public Prosecutor.

Meanwhile, the suspects Hasan C. and Boban S. were given the task to teach prospective emigrants radical contents alongside the Arabic language. The teaching served to create the ideological and linguistic foundations for a future activity in the IS, in particular for participation in combat activities, said the authority.

Ahmad Abdulaziz Abdullah A. approves and organizes emigrations, and commissions two other suspects named Mahmoud O. and Ahmed F. Y. to carry out the emigrations, according to the authority. The network of Ahmed Abdulaziz Abdullah A. had allegedly smuggled a young man and his family to the IS in Syria. Endit