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| Germany drops probe of suspected terrorist recruiter |
| 2007-12-21 |
| Munich prosecutors said Friday they have dropped an investigation of a German who was arrested earlier this year on suspicion of having recruited a fellow citizen for terrorism in Pakistan. The man, identified only as Tolga D., was arrested in August as he entered the country. Besides allegedly recruiting a German, he was accused of having distributed videos promoting jihad, or holy war. Anton Winkler, a spokesman for Munich prosecutors, said he has now been released from custody after being fined for incitement over the videos. The rest of the investigation was dropped, he said, without elaborating. Michael Murat Sertsoz, a lawyer for the suspect, said his client was "a small fish" and that German federal prosecutors, who pursue terrorism cases, had declined to take over the case. Sertsoz said that "the accusations against my client collapsed in on themselves," the weekly Focus reported. |
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