BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have arrested a man who returned in August from a long stay in Syria and says he spent time there with the extremist Islamic State group.

Police and prosecutors said Friday the 21-year-old from Muelheim an der Ruhr in western Germany, who wasn’t identified in line with German privacy rules, was arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of violence.

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