ISIS terrorist suspect arrested near Euro 2024 host city where Scotland due to play

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A man suspected of being an ISIS "sleeper agent" has been arrested close to a Euro 2024 host city in Germany where Scotland are to play in a matter of days.

The man, identified as an Iraqi called Mahmoud A, has been arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack in the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg shortly after security officials warned of the threat of an extremist attack during Euro 2024, reports the Mirror.The suspect was detained in the town of Esslingen, near Stuttgart, where Scotland play Hungary on Sunday night, June 23.He is said to have gone to Germany in October 2022, but police believe he has been affiliated to ISIS since 2016.The arrest took place just hours before Germany played Hungary in their second group game of Euro 2024 on Wednesday.Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said the arrest showed Germany's commitment to eradicating the threat from ISIS saying: "Our security authorities are extremely vigilant, follow every tip-off and strike hard to protect our country."At a press conference in Berlin on Tuesday, Germany's interior ministry had warned the country was "in the crosshairs of jihadist organisations, in particular ISIS and ISIS-K."Officials said the danger of Islamist terrorism had increased since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7 and the ensuing war in Gaza.The intelligence chief revealed the organisation had been urging its members to carry out mass terror attacks on "soft targets" in Europe.

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