German police raid properties in search for IS suspects


  • World
  • Friday, 05 Feb 2016

Genreal view of the former Berlin Wall border crossing point Checkpoint Charlie is pictured in Berlin, Germany, February 4, 2016. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

BERLIN (Reuters) - German forces arrested two men on Thursday suspected of links to Islamic State militants preparing an attack in the German capital, police and prosecutors said, amid fears of another deadly attack on European soil.

Police and special forces raided four flats and two offices in Berlin and properties in the northern regions of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony.

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