Three of the main suspects have been remanded in custody. They are said to have collected donations for the terrorist group "Islamic State" In the case of a woman from the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Heinsberg, the arrest warrant remains in place.
In addition to the arrests, there were searches in eleven federal states on Wednesday morning. More than 1000,100 forces of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), the state criminal police offices of the affected countries and the police were deployed.