Police arrest ‘Isis fighter’ at Düsseldorf airport

From the German edition of The Local

Federal prosecutors said on Wednesday that they had ordered police to arrest a 22-year-old man at Düsseldorf airport on suspicion of being a member of the Isis terrorist group.

They accuse the man, a German citizen named as Kerim Marc B., of having taken part in weapons training and fighting in battles on the side of Isis in Syria. The man left Germany in March 2013 and travelled to Syria via Turkey, where investigators say he had joined up with Isis by October.

Prosecutors in Düsseldorf said they were originally investigating Karim Marc B. for planning a serious crime against the state in Germany, and only later becameaware that he had in fact joined Isis.

He will be brought before a judge on Thursday to decide on the terms of his custody while the investigation continues.