(Deutsche Welle) Prosecutors in Karlsruhe on Wednesday said more than 1,000 federal and state police were involved in raids across several states on an alleged terrorist financing network.
Seven suspects were arrested on suspicion of collecting donations and forwarding them to the so-called “Islamic State” (IS) terror group.
What we know so far
The prosecutor said four of the arrests were made in North Rhine-Westphalia, with one arrest each in Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Bremen.
The men and women, mostly of German nationality, were detained on suspicion of supporting a terrorist organization. They allegedly belonged to an international network that solicited financial donations for IS in Syria using platforms that included Telegram. They subsequently transferred the money to the group or its intermediaries.
