Two former German soldiers have been arrested on suspicion of attempting to create a paramilitary unit to fight in Yemen's civil war, prosecutors said Wednesday.
The men -- identified as Arend-Adolf G. and Achim A. -- are"strongly suspected" of trying to set up a terrorist organization and recruit other former soldiers and police officers, the federal prosecutor in Karlsruhe said in a statement.The ringleaders are former members of Germany's Bundeswehr and wanted to recruit around 150 members to intervene in the ongoing conflict in Yemen.
The pair was aware that their private paramilitary unit would inevitably carry out"acts of killing" during their deployment. They also expected civilians to be killed and injured in connection with fighting, the prosecutor's statement said.
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