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Sweden holds ‘terror recruiter’ wanted by police in Germany

Swedish police tracked down the man who's accused of recruiting people to a terror group in Germany.

Sweden holds 'terror recruiter' wanted by police in Germany
Attunda district court where the man appeared this week. Photo: Maja Suslin/TT

The man has not been named by Swedish media but is understood to be 23 years old and from a country outside of Europe.

He was arrested and detained on Tuesday, according to Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet, which broke the story on Wednesday evening.

According to the newspaper, the suspect later appeared at Attunda District Court, north of Stockholm. The allegations against him centre around recruiting members of a terror group in Germany during the course of this year, Aftonbladet reported.

The man had a European arrest warrant against him at the time of his arrest and it is understood that Sweden will send him back to Germany for further questioning.

His lawyer Jonas Tham told Swedish media on Wednesday that his client denied being involved in any criminal activities.

The prosecutor's press office has not released any further information, citing the need to maintain confidentiality.

 

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Italian police arrest Algerian wanted for alleged IS ties

Police in Milan said on Thursday they had arrested a 37-year-old Algerian man in the subway, later discovering he was wanted for alleged ties to Islamic State.

Italian police arrest Algerian wanted for alleged IS ties

When stopped by police officers for a routine check, the man became “particularly aggressive”, said police in Milan, who added the arrest took place “in recent days”.

He was “repeatedly shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ while attempting to grab from his backpack an object that turned out to be a knife with a blade more than 12cm (nearly five inches) long,” they said in a statement.

The man was later found to be wanted by authorities in Algeria, suspected since 2015 of belonging to “Islamic State militias and employed in the Syrian-Iraqi theatre of war,” police said.

Police said the suspect was unknown to Italian authorities.

The man is currently in Milan’s San Vittore prison and awaiting extradition, they added.

Jihadist group IS proclaimed a “caliphate” in 2014 across swathes of Syria and Iraq, launching a reign of terror that continues with hit-and-run attacks and ambushes.

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