2 Suspected of Planning ‘Act of Violence' Arrested in Germany

Police received that led them to the two men

Bavarian police said they have arrested two men, an Iraqi and a Nigerian, suspected of preparing a "serious act of violence."

The state criminal police office said the 46-year-old Iraqi and the 29-year-old Nigerian were detained in Munich and nearby Fuerstenfeldbrueck on Thursday following a tip to Bavarian security authorities.

They didn't elaborate, but the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung quoted Munich prosecutor Thomas Steinkraus-Koch as saying there had been indications the two were in contact with members of ISIS.

Police said no suspicious objects have been found and, as far as authorities knew, there was no "concrete danger to the population."

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