Overview
- Officers of Thuringia's State Criminal Police arrested the suspect in Nordhausen on Tuesday under an existing warrant.
- An investigative judge at the Thuringian Higher Regional Court opened the warrant, placing him in pretrial detention.
- Prosecutors allege he voluntarily joined the Islamic State in Iraq in September 2014 and remained active through late 2016.
- Investigators say his roles included serving as a fighter and as a senior staff member for media and propaganda within the group's so‑called Islamic Police.
- Authorities report he first entered Germany in 2017, and they stress the presumption of innocence until the case is resolved.