Police Conduct Identity Checks at Mosques
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From Times Wire Reports
German police hunting for “militant Islamic extremists” conducted identity checks on hundreds of Muslims as they left mosques after prayers in the western city of Bochum.
A few Turks and Arabs who were unable to produce their documents were detained.
“The police have no indications of any concrete plans for an attack in Bochum. But there are serious indications that there are people at these two mosques who are under suspicion of belonging to a circle of militant Islamic extremists,” a police statement said.
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