(AFP) German police on Thursday raided apartments belonging to several suspected Islamists in Berlin, over allegations they fraudulently obtained state payouts set up for the coronavirus crisis.
Officers searched the homes and vehicles of five people “belonging to the Salafist scene,” police said in a statement.
The suspects belonged to the “hard core” of attendees at the Fussilet former Islamist mosque that attained notoriety in Berlin and beyond.
The mosque is believed to have harboured several people classified as dangerous by German authorities, above all Anis Amri.
Tunisian Amri killed 12 in a truck ramming attack against a Berlin Christmas market in December 2016.
