Three detained for espionage in Germany

Three detained for espionage in Germany
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full screenGerman police have arrested three suspected foreign agents. Archive image. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/AP/TT

German police have arrested three people, suspected of espionage, German media reports.

The arrested, three men from Russia, Ukraine and Armenia, are suspected of being agents working “on behalf of a foreign intelligence service”. They allegedly spied on a Ukrainian citizen living in Germany.

They were arrested in Frankfurt on Wednesday, when they searched a cafe where their victim was believed to be.

The prosecutor’s office does not want to state which nation’s intelligence service it is about.

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