German authorities raided homes and religious schools connected to two radical Islamist groups with suspected terrorist links on Tuesday morning, said the Interior Ministry.
The raids, in the western cities of Moenchengladbach, Braunschweig and Bremen, were aimed at Salafist groups Invitation to Paradise and Islamic Culture Center Bremen, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.
The two groups are suspected of “wanting to create an Islamic theocracy and working against the democratic order of Germany,” he added.