Suspected Al-Shabaab Member Arrested at Frankfurt Airport Man detained as he returned to Germany from Somalia By Ruth Bender

Posted By on July 6th, 2016

http://www.wsj.com/articles/suspected-al-shabaab-member-arrested-at-frankfurt-airport-1467730282

BERLIN—German police have arrested a 28-year-old German on suspicion of belonging to the Somalia-based Islamist group al-Shabaab and preparing an act of violence, the country’s federal prosecutor said Tuesday.

Police arrested the man identified as Abshir Ahmed A. on Monday at Frankfurt’s airport when he returned to Germany from Somalia, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

The prosecutor’s office said a preliminary investigation showed that the man in 2012 joined al-Shabaab, an al Qaeda-aligned militant group that has stepped up the pace and the intensity of its attacks in recent months.

The 28-year-old allegedly received training in the use of weapons in Somalia and then was stationed in a defensive position for the militant group in the country, the prosecutor’s office said. CONTINUE AT SITE

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