German prosecutor seeks arrest on terror charges of a Syrian man who allegedly stabbed 4
BERLIN — Germany's top prosecutor on Wednesday submitted a new arrest warrant based on terrorism allegations for a Syrian man who stabbed and critically injured four men outside a restaurant in the western city of Bielefeld last month.
The federal prosecutor's office said in a statement that the accused, who has only been identified as Mahmoud M. in line with German privacy rules, 'is urgently suspected of membership of a foreign terrorist organization, attempted murder and dangerous bodily harm.'
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