Germany Arrests Man Accused of Helping Recruit for ISIS
German authorities arrested on Wednesday a man
suspected of joining ISIS in Syria and later helping send another new recruit
for the terrorist group to the war-torn country.
Federal prosecutors said the 28-year-old German
national, identified only as Volkan L. in line with German privacy rules, was
arrested in Hamburg. He is suspected of membership in a foreign terrorist
organization.
Prosecutors said that he traveled to Syria in
November 2013 to join the extremist group and underwent military training. They
said he returned to Germany in March 2014 and turned his attention to finding
new recruits.
He is accused of helping organize travel to Syria
for one such person in summer 2014, acting as a go-between between the recruit
and an ISIS member in Syria.
