German police detain five 'recruiters for Islamic State'BERLIN--German police on Tuesday arrested five men suspected of links to the Islamic State organization, who allegedly sought to recruit fighters for the jihadist group. "The aim of the network led by him is to send people to IS in Syria," it added. At least one young man and his family has been sent by the network to join IS in Syria, prosecutors added. The five men were arrested in the northern state of Lower Saxony and the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, German media reported. According to figures released in May by German intelligence services, 820 jihadists have left Germany for Syria and Iraq.

Source: The China Post November 08, 2016 16:49 UTC