The self-proclaimed Islamic State group may have links to the attack in a Sikh Gurudwara in Essen in Germany last Saturday, reports in the German media have suggested.
The suspicions of an ISIS involvement in the Saturday blast at the Nanaksar Satsang Sabha Gurdwara deepened after the arrest of two men on Wednesday night.
Quoting investigators, ARD Television has reported that one of the two men arrested in connection with the attack is an Islamic State sympathiser. Confirming the arrest of the two men, the police said they were arrested after an "intensive search" of the area.One of the two men identified by police as Yusuf T, an ISIS sympathiser, is now treated by investigators as the main suspect in the attack. The Essen Police hasn't confirmed the ISIS link to the attack so far.
He is known to the authorities as an activist in the Islamist scene in the Ruhr region of NorthRhine Westphalia and has been actively involved in a campaign to distribute free copies of the Quran in the German-speaking region organised by a radical Salafist sect of Islam.
Police yesterday released photos and CCTV footage of two men suspected of planting a backpack containing a bomb in the entrance hall of the gurudwara. - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/isis-may-be-linked-to-gurudwara-attack-in-germany-say-reports-2764388/#sthash.bhOaMR0W.dpuf
Three people were injured in an explosion in the Gurudwara after a marriage ceremony on Saturday. A masked man was seen fleeing the scene after the blast. Police had earlier said they were not treating it as a "terrorist" incident.
The police investigation into the attack initially focused on a man dressed in black and wearing a mask, who was seen running away from the gurudwara soon after the explosion. - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/isis-may-be-linked-to-gurudwara-attack-in-germany-say-reports-2764388/#sthash.bhOaMR0W.dpuf
The police investigation into the attack initially focused on a man dressed in black and wearing a mask, who was seen running away from the gurudwara soon after the explosion. - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/isis-may-be-linked-to-gurudwara-attack-in-germany-say-reports-2764388/#sthash.bhOaMR0W.dpuf
