A man suspected of being an Islamic State ‘sleeper agent’ has been arrested in the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg just hours after top security officials warned of the threat of Islamic extremist attacks during Euro 2024.
The Iraqi detainee, Mahmoud A., was taken into custody yesterday in the town of Esslingen on the outskirts of Stuttgart after being arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack on behalf of ISIS. Investigators revealed that he arrived in Germany in October 2022, but had been affiliated with ISIS since 2016. It remains unclear how the suspect managed to enter Germany given his history.
