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Saxony Arrests Three Suspected Islamic State Members

Investigators are analyzing seized devices to build a case for charges tied to a terrorist group abroad.

Overview

  • Police in Saxony arrested two Iraqi men in Chemnitz and Leipzig under warrants from the Higher Regional Court in Dresden.
  • A third Iraqi suspect, age 26, was arrested in Plauen in March after officers searched his home.
  • Prosecutors say the men served as Islamic State fighters between 2014 and 2017 and received monthly pay for that service.
  • Searches recovered ten phones, two laptops, two tablets and other storage media that specialists are now examining.
  • All three are in pretrial detention while the state prosecutor and the Saxony criminal police develop charges of membership in a terrorist organization abroad.