Düsseldorf terror plotters ‘linked to refugee sleeper cell’

From the German edition of The Local

The Syrian men arrested last week for allegedly plotting to attack Düsseldorf for Isis may be linked to a sleeper cell of 20 terrorists. The Netherlands is investigating media reports that a sleeper cell of the Isis jihadist group has been hiding among people living at a Dutch refugee camp, officials said Tuesday.

“We have heard these reports and an inquiry is being undertaken into this,” Justice Minister Ard van der Steur told MPs during a parliamentary session. He refused to go into any detail, saying only that “in this kind of case information is internationally shared at every level.” Contacted by AFP, the Dutch prosecution service refused to make any comment about the report.