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Two foreign nationals arrested on European warrants for terrorism-related charges

Two foreign nationals arrested on European warrants for terrorism-related charges

The counter-terrorism service has arrested a 47-year-old German national and a 56-year-old Turk on European arrest warrants for terrorism-related charges issued by French and German authorities, Greek police said on Saturday.

The two fugitives were arrested in the Athens district of Pagrati, as a result of cooperation between the Greek and German counter-terrorism services.

Police sources said that German authorities had sought the arrest of the two suspects on the grounds that they are linked to an operation linked to a terrorism investigation recently carried out in Germany, without supplying further details to the Greek side.

The 47-year-old German arrived in Greece 15 days ago and was arrested last Wednesday. Following his arrest and identification of his fingerprints, Greek authorities realised that there was an earlier warrant for his arrest issued by French authorities, again on terrorism-related charges.

The Turkish suspect was arrested on Saturday and has been in Greece since 1987, while he had applied for political asylum just one month ago.

The German national has been taken to Korydallos prison pending arrangements to deport him back to Germany, while the Turkish national is due to appear before a public prosecutor on Sunday.