BERLIN (Reuters) - Police arrested four suspected Islamists in dawn raids in Berlin on Wednesday as the German capital geared up for a long weekend of mass gatherings, capped by a joint appearance by Chancellor Angela Merkel and former U.S. president Barack Obama.
Police said the raids targeted a gang of armed drug smugglers and nine arrests had been made, four of which were men from the "violent Islamist" scene. None were linked to the Manchester bomb attack which killed 22 people on Monday.
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