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Suspected IS fundraiser held in Germany

Published : 30 Aug 2021, 15:29

  DF News Desk
File Photo: Christophe Gateau/dpa.

A woman in the German state of Bavaria has been arrested for allegedly collecting money for the terrorist organization Islamic State, reported dpa.

The German national was arrested on Monday in the town of Geretsried, south of Munich, prosecutors said.

She is accused of helping an Iraqi who has been in pretrial detention since the beginning of the year.

The Federal prosecutor's office accuses him of having taken on "a central role in raising money for IS in Germany" and of having transferred money to Syria and Lebanon several times.

The arrested woman is said to have been mainly responsible for contacting female Islamic State members.