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Armed Man Arrested After Threatening German Police Station

Authorities believe the suspect, a 29-year-old Albanian, had an extremist motive and found ISIS-related material in his apartment.

  • The incident occurred early Friday in Linz am Rhein, a small town in western Germany.
  • The suspect shouted 'Allahu akbar' and threatened to kill police officers.
  • Police locked the station's doors and called special forces, who subdued the man with a stun gun.
  • Investigators found an Islamic State flag drawn on a wall in the suspect's apartment.
  • This follows other recent attacks in Germany involving suspected extremists.
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