Overview

• Federal prosecutors and the BKA detained 40-year-old Syrian national Anwar S. in a joint operation with Berlin police in the Neukölln district.
• Authorities accuse him of leading a pro-government militia in Aleppo in 2011 and of crimes against humanity, including killing, torture, and unlawful detention.
• Prosecutors say the militia carried out eight assaults after Friday prayers in 2011, using batons, metal rods, and electric shocks to disperse protesters.
• Detainees captured by the group were allegedly handed to Syrian intelligence or police and then imprisoned and severely mistreated, with one demonstrator later dying.
• A court appearance before an investigating judge is scheduled for Wednesday, and officials have not confirmed his route after leaving Syria in 2015.