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Soldier posing as refugee held

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A GERMAN soldier found posing as a Syrian refugee has been arrested for allegedly planning a shooting attack that would be blamed on asylum seekers. The unidentifi­ed soldier was detained when he went to retrieve a loaded pistol he had hidden in a bathroom at Vienna Internatio­nal Airport. The public prosecutor’s office in Frankfurt says the 28-year-old is suspected of planning a serious “state-threatenin­g act of violence”, fraud and violating firearms laws. Investigat­ions have revealed he was stationed in France before registerin­g as a refugee back in Germany.

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