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Mr Darkazanli is accused of having close ties to the 9/11 attackers (Photo: EUobserver)

Terror suspect freed on European warrant glitch

Germany's constitutional court has ordered the release of a man accused of financing al-Qaeda and due for extradition to Spain under the EU's arrest warrant scheme.

The judges did not challenge the warrant in principle, but rather its implementing legislation as adopted in Berlin.

The German-Syrian businessman, Mamoun Darkazanli, was arrested last October in Hamburg on suspicion of supporting terrorist activities through his German-registered company.

He featured on a video...

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Mr Darkazanli is accused of having close ties to the 9/11 attackers (Photo: EUobserver)

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