December 22, 2016 5:56 AM

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Germany arrests Moroccan IS suspect linked to Paris attacks planner

German police have arrested a Moroccan man suspected of belonging to the Islamic State terror group and having close ties with the ringleader of last year's Paris attacks. <br/><br/>Officials said, the suspect has been identified as Redouane S. He is accused of being a member of a cell that took orders from Belgian-Moroccan terrorist Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who led the November 2015 attacks in Paris before being killed in a police raid. <br/><br/>Officials said, Redouane S was tasked with locating safe houses in Turkey and Greece between October 2014 and early 2015 that were used as bases "for the preparation of attacks. <br/><br/>The suspect was allegedly also aware of Abaaoud's plans and preparations for an attack in the eastern Belgian city of Verviers, before the cell was dismantled in a deadly raid in January 2015.<br/>

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