A 27-year-old Nigerian suspected to be a member of Boko Haram and killing people during attacks on schools and a village has been arrested in Germany.
The man, named as Amaechi Fred O., was detained on Wednesday in Bavaria and a day later a judge issued an arrest warrant and ordered that he be remanded in custody, the chief federal prosecutor said on Friday.
“He is strongly suspected of being a member of the foreign terrorist organisation Boko Haram,” Reuters quoted the prosecutor as saying in a statement.
The statement said the suspect was believed to have joined Boko Haram in 2013 and had admitted to actively taking part in four attacks against Nigerians during his one-year membership of the group.
He is accused of killing several people in attacks on schools and villages, during which members of Boko Haram took girls as hostages and burnt down a church.