German Police Raid Mosque Over Suspected Financing of Syria Terrorist

BERLIN (Reuters) —
German police secure evidence from a mosque during a raid in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday. (Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch)

German Police on Tuesday raided a mosque in Berlin whose preacher was suspected of transferring funds to an Islamist terrorist in Syria for the purpose of carrying out “terrorist criminal acts,” prosecutors said.

Officers searched the As-Sahaba mosque in Berlin’s northern district of Wedding where 45-year-old Ahmad A. – known to his followers as Abul Baraa – preaches, the General Prosecutor’s Office said.

There was no immediate comment from the cleric or any lawyer representing him.

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