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Germany lost track of 160 ‘ISIS supporters

cde.news desk 24 June 2019, 05:37 · 1 min read

epa07328739 Police search an apartment in the district of Kreuzberg in Berlin, Germany, 29 January 2019. Berlin police announced that on 29 January 2019 early morning the Special Operations Command, Berlin police, investigators of the LKA (State Criminal Police Office, Landeskriminalamt) and riot police were deployed to raid several apartments -- in the districts of Kreuzberg, Tempelhof and Steglitz -- of two 25 and 38-year-old suspects. The men, who were arrested last December, are accused of the robbery of a cash-in-transit vehicle on 19 October 2018 -- cited by local media as one of the most spectacular robberies in the capital. EPA-EFE/ALEXANDER BECHER

The German government has lost track of more than 160 German ISIS supporters who traveled to Syria and Iraq to join the terror group, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper has reported.

The figure from the Interior Ministry was part of a response to a request from the Free Democrats (FDP).

The ministry said many of the German fighters were believed to have died in combat, however “in rare cases, these individuals could have succeeded in escaping and/or disappearing.”

The ministry stressed it was unlikely IS followers would pass unnoticed in Germany, given “various measures (including wanted lists or entry bans), which make uncontrolled re-entry much more difficult.”

Via DW

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Germany lost track of 160 ‘ISIS supporters

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