German special police force stands guard in front of Frankfurt's Bilal mosque during early morning raids in the federal state of Hesse and its capital Frankfurt, Germany, February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police arrested a Tunisian asylum-seeker on Wednesday on suspicion of planning an attack, the Frankfurt prosecutor's office said.
The 36-year-old is suspected of recruiting for Islamic State in Germany since August 2015 and building up a network of supporters with the aim of carrying out a terrorist attack in the country, it said in a statement.
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