Czech police detain two linked to accused German railway attacker

March 28, 2019 and   

(Reuters) Czech police have detained two people as suspected associates of an Iraqi citizen arrested in Austria on suspicion of carrying out attacks on the German railway, Austrian Interior Minister Herbert Kickl said on Thursday.

Czech police confirmed on their Twitter page that officers detained two foreigners at Prague Airport on a warrant issued in Vienna on Wednesday but gave no details. They said only that a court would decide on any extradition to Austria.

Kickl, speaking on Thursday in Austria’s parliament, also gave no details of the arrests. An interior ministry spokesman declined to comment.

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