German soldier 'posed as Syrian asylum-seeker to carry out terror attack and blame it on refugees'

THE TELEGRAPH – An officer in the German army who spent more than a year posing as a Syrian refugee has been arrested on suspicion of planning a terror attack (…) Prosecutors were at a loss to explain how he was able to register as a Syrian asylum-seeker despite the fact he speaks no Arabic and is not believed to be of Syrian origin. The authorities raised no suspicion at the time of his application.

He is believed to have continued living sporadically at a refugee shelter in the months that followed, dividing his time between there and the military base in France where he was posted. CONTINUE READING