Germany: Fundraiser for the IS arrested

The Federal Prosecutor’s Office has arrested a woman in Bavaria who allegedly collected money for the terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS). The German woman was arrested on Monday in Geretsried, the authorities in Karlsruhe announced. This is near Lake Starnberg. In addition, a search was carried out in Kassel on a person who was not a suspect.

The woman, whose age was not disclosed, is said to have helped an Iraqi who has been in pre-trial detention since the beginning of the year. According to earlier statements, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office accuses him of having taken on “a central role in the raising of money for the IS in Germany” and of having transferred money to Syria and Lebanon several times.

At the end of April, the police had issued its arrest warrant for the man, who had been caught trying to leave the country at the German-Swiss border.

The now arrested suspected Islamist is said to have especially taken an interest in the contact to IS women. She is said to have set up a donation account for a woman who was to be freed from a Kurdish refugee camp. Whether she will be remanded in custody should be decided in the course of the day.

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