(AP) An Iraqi citizen suspected of being a “high-ranking” member of the Islamic State group has been indicted for allegedly violating a Swiss ban on extremist groups and accused of plotting attacks in Switzerland and Lebanon, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
The Swiss attorney general’s office said the suspect allegedly served as a recruiter, trafficker and “cash-provider” for IS. It did not name him, but said he has been in custody since his arrest in May 2017.
The man is accused of attempting to incite a fellow IS member the month before to carry out a suicide attack in Lebanon that “was prevented in time,” the attorney general’s office said.
