German police arrest three suspected ISIS militants

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Updated 12:35 PM ET, Tue September 19, 2017
German police arrest three suspected ISIS militants

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Stephanie Halasz, CN

(CNN)Three men were arrested on suspicion of terror offenses in a series of counterterrorism operations in Germany, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Abbas R., an Iraqi national who is at least 19 years old, and Raad Riyadh A.A., who is 31, were accused of war crimes and membership of Islamic State.

They were alleged to have been involved the murder of two Shiite women in Mosul, Iraq, in June 2014. They were also accused of the execution of an Iraqi officer in October that year. Prosecutors did not give their full names, in line with German privacy laws.

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