PARIS (Reuters) - French authorities are holding a former Iraqi refugee in custody on suspicions he committed war crimes as a local leader of Islamic State, the Paris prosecutor's office said on Thursday.
The man, whose identity has not been made public, was also put under formal investigation for criminal association in relation to a terrorist undertaking and joining an armed group seeking to commit war crimes, the prosecutor's office said.
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