Germany arrests suspected member of al-Shabab militia
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German authorities have arrested a 20-year-old Somali man on suspicion of being a member of the extremist militia al-Shabab.
Federal prosecutors say the man was detained Thursday in the central state of Hesse.
Prosecutors said in a statement Friday that the suspect, identified only as Abduqaadir A. in line with German privacy laws, is suspected of attempted murder and accessory to murder.
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He is alleged to have joined al-Shabab in Somalia in 2012, undergone weapons training and then taken part in the killing of a person at a mosque.
The suspect is alleged to have later attempted to kill a member of the Somali government, who survived the attack.
After being detained by al-Shabab for failing to carry out the killing, the suspect fled Somalia and reached Germany in 2014.