Overview
- BKA officers detained the suspect in Augsburg on Tuesday and brought him before an investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe.
- The judge issued an arrest warrant and ordered pretrial detention after the suspect’s presentation in court.
- Authorities allege the Iraqi citizen joined IS no later than April 2016 and fought in Raqqa until August 2016.
- The Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office considers him urgently suspected of membership in a foreign terrorist organization as a Heranwachsender.
- Officials have not disclosed the suspect’s age or additional case details, citing the ongoing investigation.