Overview
- Federal Criminal Police Office officers detained the suspect in Leipzig on Wednesday at the direction of federal prosecutors.
- Authorities identified the man as Iraqi national Rakan A., whose full name was not released under German privacy rules.
- Investigators allege he served with IS combat units from the summer of 2016 until March 2017 in Iraq.
- An investigating judge at the Federal Court ordered pre-trial detention after he was brought before the court on Thursday.
- The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office is leading the case, noting he was a juvenile or adolescent during the alleged conduct.