German police probe suspected IS supporter in southwestern Germany

(Deutsche Welle) German authorities have searched the home of a suspected supporter of the “Islamic State” militant group in the state of Baden-Württemberg amid concerns about possible attack planning.

Prosecutors and state police said on Tuesday that officers searched the apartment of a 22-year-old Syrian man in Karlsruhe but found no items that substantiated the suspicion and no evidence of concrete attack plans.

The man remains at liberty. Investigators also searched two apartments in the central state of Hesse, where he is believed to have stayed frequently.

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