Police arrest Isamic State terrorist suspect in Berlin

German anti-terror police in Berlin have arrested a man they believe had recently completed training at an Islamic State camp in Syria. He had reportedly also fought alongside IS militants.

A special unit of the German police force has arrested a suspected member of the Islamic State (IS) group, the attorney general's office in Berlin has announced.

Police acted on an arrest warrant for a 30-year-old man with a Turkish passport who had a registered place of residence in Berlin.

According to reports in the German mass-circulation daily Bild, the man is believed to have completed weapons training in an IS camp in Syria between January and August. Bild reported that he had also fought for IS.

Police arrested him Friday on a charge under a section of German criminal law concerning the planning of terrorist acts.

crh/mkg (dpa, Bild)  dw de