Syrian held in Germany has IS attack plan

A Syrian man has been detained in Berlin on suspicion he was plotting an Islamic State attack in Germany.

German Federal Court of Justice

A Syrian man has been detained in Berlin on suspicion he was plotting an Islamic State attack. (AAP)

A Syrian man arrested in Berlin is suspected of belonging to Islamic State and having received IS instructions from Syria to carry out an attack in Germany, the Federal Prosecutor's Office says.

Police said the man, identified by the prosecutor's office only as 27-year-old Ashraf Al-T, had been living in Germany since last year.

He was arrested in an apartment in Berlin's Schoeneberg district.

German security services are on high alert after two Islamist militant attacks this summer.

In October, a Syrian refugee was arrested on suspicion of planning a major attack in Berlin after police discovered explosives in his flat.


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