German police arrest five in hunt for Paris suspects

November 17, 2015 22:01

German police hunting for suspects in the Paris attacks said today they had arrested five people near the Belgian border, but cautioned they had established no links so far to the jihadist violence.

Police special units in the western city of Aachen arrested one man and two women of foreign nationalities in the morning, and two more suspects later in the day, police said.

The suspects "could be connected with the Paris attacks", Aachen police spokesman Werner Schneider told news channel NTV.

He cautioned, however, that "either these indications will be confirmed or they could all go up into thin air". He added that the identities of the first three were yet to be established.

A police statement said: "Following the terrorist attacks last Friday in Paris and the search for the perpetrators and masterminds, Aachen police received a report about suspicious persons in Alsdorf near Aachen."

"In this context, there were three arrests this morning. Two women and a man were overwhelmed by special forces and taken into custody. Investigations are currently ongoing."

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