Germany arrests Salafist leader

German public prosecutors arrested a leading figure of the German Salafist scene at Frankfurt airport after he was deported from Turkey, according to media reports on Sunday. Turkish security authorities had arrested Peter B., 31, in Istanbul last week and subsequently deported him to Germany, where he was then arrested on his arrival at Frankfurt airport, the weekly magazines Der Spiegel and Focus reported. Prosecutors accuse the German national, who is a convert to Islam, of belonging to a terrorist organisation and of recruiting young Islamists in Afghanistan for jihad or holy war. According to Der Spiegel, Peter B. denies the charges.