Berlin (dpa) – Police in Berlin carried out raids early Wednesday targeting 12 suspects “from the Islamist scene,” state prosecutors said.
A police spokesman said 450 officers took part in the operation, in which 19 properties were searched in four different districts across the German capital.
The suspects have been linked to a number of crimes, including terrorist financing, prosecutors said in a tweet.
They are expected to give further details later in the day.
Last year, the domestic intelligence agency for the state of Berlin counted 2,170 Islamists in the city, 180 more than the previous year.
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