German police detain alleged high-ranking IS member

Officials say suspect caught on tip from prison inmate, reportedly regarding threat against German soccer league

By AP 9 August 2016, 10:15 pm Edit
German police officers walk outside an association linked to a mosque in Berlin's central Tempelhof-Schoeneberg district, where police conducts a raid targeting individuals suspected of recruiting fighters for the Islamic State group in Syria, on September 22, 2015. (Odd Andersen/AFP)
German police officers walk outside an association linked to a mosque in Berlin's central Tempelhof-Schoeneberg district, where police conducts a raid targeting individuals suspected of recruiting fighters for the Islamic State group in Syria, on September 22, 2015. (Odd Andersen/AFP)

BERLIN — A German special police unit has detained an allegedly high-ranking member of the Islamic State group in the southwestern town of Mutterstadt.

The German news agency dpa reported Tuesday that the man, whose identity was not given, was detained after a tip from a prison inmate in the western city of Gelsenkirchen.

Dpa reported the information about the suspect came in connection with alleged threats against the German Bundesliga soccer league. It did not further elaborate the threat.

The state interior ministry of Rhineland Palatinate, where Mutterstadt is located, could not immediately be reached for comment.

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