Two Arab men arrested in connection with the October firebombing of a synagogue in Dusseldorf, Germany, have no links to radical Islamic groups, Germany’s top prosecutor said. The two, arrested in December, allegedly carried out the attack because they were angry at Israeli policies toward the Palestinians, the prosecutor said Wednesday.
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