Germans Hold Terror Suspect
Bavarian police have arrested a man described as a close associate of suspected international terrorist Osama bin Laden, the state Justice Ministry said Saturday.
Officials did not release the identity of the man. They said he was arrested Wednesday afternoon near Munich on a tip from Interpol officials in Washington.
The ministry said it would confirm the man’s identity this week and determine what he was doing in Germany.
In a report Saturday, the Washington Post identified the suspect as Mamduh Mahmud Salim and described him as a top lieutenant and weapons procurer for Bin Laden, the alleged mastermind of the Aug. 7 bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa.
The paper said U.S. officials have filed charges against Salim in New York. It said the FBI and CIA assisted in his arrest.
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