Four people suspected of supporting the Islamic State terror organisation have been arrested in a joint operation by Swiss and German justice authorities.
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The Swiss Office of the Attorney General (OAG) said three suspects had been detained and several buildings searched in central and eastern Switzerland.
Two of them – both Swiss nationals – have previously been convicted of offences related to supporting the terror group.
The third suspect is a 17-year-old from Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Zurich justice authorities told the Swiss News Agency Keystone-SDA.
An investigation against the suspects was opened by the Swiss authorities last December. The men are likely to be remanded in pre-trial detention to determine if they participated in or supported the terror group.
The OAG declined to give more detailed information.
It was the latest in a series of raids against suspected Islamic extremists in Switzerland over the past few years.
The Islamic State as well as al-Qaeda groups have been banned in Switzerland since 2015.
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