German arrested for joining Islamic State

BERLIN:

A 24 year-old German suspected of
joining Islamic State jihadists in Syria
 was arrested,months after he  returned
from the war -ravaged country.

The suspect allegedly arrived in Syria
in October 2013 and was member of the
group until he returned home in November
German federal prosecutors said in a statement.

He is to go before a judge Sunday ,but has not
been accused of involvement in any attacks
and prosecutors stressed there was no link
with this week's bloody assault on the Charlie
Hebdo magazine offices in France.

Authorities said they had searched the man.s
home in Dinslaken in northwestern Germany
but did not elaborate.

German official estimate around 550 of their
citzens have made their way to Syria and Iraq
to fight alongside Islamic State,raising fears
of attack on home soil when they return. ...AFP