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Detainee in Dortmund explosions suspected IS member: German authority

Xinhua, April 13, 2017 Adjust font size:

German federal prosecutor's office Thursday filed an arrest warrant against Abdul Beset A., a 26 year-old Iraqi who was detained following an attack on the Borussia Dortmund team bus.

The authority which is located in Karlsruhe, a city in southwest Germany, released a statement, saying that the detained Iraqi is suspected as a member of the Islamic State (IS) group.

At the end of 2014, the young man had established contact with IS, before he entered German at the beginning of 2016 via Turkey, according to the authority.

However, there is so far no evidence showing that the accused participated in the Dortmund attack. Borussia Dortmund team bus was hit by three explosions on Tuesday evening, on its way from hotel to stadium, which badly damaged the vehicle, injuring one player. Endit