German police
arrested a 20-year-old Syrian refugee who sympathized with Islamic State after
he tried to cross into Denmark with potential bomb-making materials, a
spokesman for the Stuttgart prosecutor's office said on Thursday.
The man, whose name
was not disclosed, had been in Germany for some time but it was not immediately
clear when he entered the country, the spokesman Jan Holzner told Reuters.
"We have
evidence that he sympathized with Islamic State," Holzner said.
He said the man was
arrested on Sunday in the southern city of Ulm after failing to cross into
Denmark a day earlier, but gave no further details. He did not know whether the
man had been granted asylum in Germany.
"He was
carrying materials that could be used to make a bomb," Holzner said. He
declined to provide any more details but said the quantities of material
involved were "not typical of what would be used in a normal
household."
He said the
investigation was continuing and it was not clear if the man had been in
contact with Islamic State members outside of Germany.
"At this point
we have no additional suspects in this case. We cannot say if there are others
behind the scenes," he said.
German authorities are
on high alert for possible Islamist attacks after two attacks linked to the
militant group in July.
Holzner said the man
would be detained in Stuttgart.
In October, Syrian
refugee Jaber Albakr hanged himself after being arrested on suspicion of
planning an attack on a Berlin airport.
Reuters
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