Wanted accreditation
IS supporter applied to be a steward at the European Championships
A suspected IS supporter arrested at Cologne/Bonn airport on Friday has applied for accreditation as a steward at the European Football Championships. This was confirmed by North Rhine-Westphalia's Interior Minister Herbert Reul on Monday.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen However, there were no "concrete plans for an attack", said the CDU politician.
In custody
Investigators accuse the man with German-Moroccan-Polish citizenship of transferring almost 1,700 US dollars to an account of the Islamic State Province of Khorasan (ISPK) terrorist group via a cryptocurrency exchange in September 2023. The suspect is reportedly being investigated on suspicion of supporting a terrorist organization abroad. The suspected terrorist supporter has been in custody since Friday evening.
According to dpa information, the man applied for a job as a steward and security guard for so-called "side events" of the European Championship outside the stadiums - for example, public viewing events. The European Championship begins this Friday with the German team's opening match against Scotland in Munich.
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