Federal prosecutors in Karlsruhe said in a statement they had taken Omid S., a German national with Afghan roots, and Hüseyin Ö., a Turk, into custody. Both are 27-years-old and suspected of aiding Islamists plotting terrorist attacks abroad.
Although they are not being investigated for helping a related group in the Sauerland region, they allegedly provided supplies and equipment for the IJU.
Omid S. supposedly travelled to a terrorist training camp along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and Hüseyin Ö. was picked up by Pakistani security forces in 2007.