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| Prosecutors Say Probing Swiss Link to Berlin Christmas Attack |
| 2017-01-05 |
| [AnNahar] Swiss prosecutors said Wednesday they had opened a probe into connections and contacts the suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack may have had in Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... "On the basis of information received from foreign authorities about the attack in Berlin on December 19,... (Switzerland's) Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has opened criminal proceedings against persons unknown," it said in a statement. The OAG said it was probing suspected violations of laws prohibiting organizations such as the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group and al-Qaeda, and banning the support of or participation in criminal organizations. It said it was working closely on the case with Swiss federal police as well as with "foreign authorities," but provided no further details. The Islamic State group has claimed the Berlin rampage, in which a hijacked truck was driven into a crowded Christmas market. The attack claimed 12 lives. Tunisian suspect Anis Amri was rubbed out four days later in Italia after firing at police there. |
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