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Berlin — German police carried out dawn raids in Berlin yesterday targeting individuals suspected of inciting people to go and fight for ISIS. The raids began at 06:30 and targeted, among others, a 51-year-old Moroccan suspected of recruiting for the jihadists, police said in a statement. A 19-year-old Macedonian thought to be currently in Syria is also suspected of involvement in the recruitment drive, it said.
“We are looking for evidence to see whether these allegations are true,” a police spokesperson said. No arrests were made. One raid was conducted at an association linked to a mosque in Berlin’s central Tempelhof district, the spokesperson said. Seven homes were also searched. An AFP photographer saw police leaving the building housing the mosque carrying bags and computers seized as evidence. Police escorted a fully veiled woman out of the building and two small children.
The police spokesperson said investigators had been working on the probe for six months and began planning the raid two weeks ago. — AFP
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