British suspected Islamic terrorist arrested in Germany

Secret intelligence gathered by police and anti-terrorism officers across
Europe gave “cause for concern” in Germany, Britain, France, the
Netherlands and Austria, said an official.

According to leaked documents, the German interior ministry decided to launch
the raids and to ban Millatu Ibrahim, based in the western town of Solingen,
after an explosive vest was found during a search of premises in Berlin last
month.

“The vest is a further sign of the organisation’s underlying aggression,”
the document said.

At the beginning of May, German authorities opened investigations into 44
members of the Islamic Salafist sects and 37 others after violent clashes
with police in Solingen.

A 23-year-old man from Birmingham was also arrested in the raid under a
European Arrest Warrant in an unrelated matter.

He is wanted for failing to appear in court on fraud charges and is now
awaiting transfer back to the UK, a spokesman for West Midlands Police said.

The ultraconservative Salafists, with origins in Saudi Arabia want to
establish Sharia law in Europe and came to the attention of the authorities
with a drive to convert non-Muslims by handing out 25 million copies of the
Koran in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Previous police investigations have found audio and video messages in which
the Salafists proclaimed war against democracy and threatened “unbelievers”.

Ralf Jaeger, the regional state interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia,
hailed a “decisive step by the security services in the fight against
dangerous extremists”.

“Today’s operation shows that we’re turning up the pressure on the
Salafists,” he said.

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