An 18-year-old nephew of Berlin terrorist Anis Amri has been arrested in Tunisia, amid claims he was part of a terror cell.
A statement from Tunisia’s interior ministry said the three were members of a ‘terrorist cell… connected to the terrorist Anis Amri who carried out the terrorist attack in Berlin’.
The ministry said Amri had sent Fedi money to join him in Europe.
‘One of the members of the cell is the son of the sister of the terrorist (Amri) and during the investigation he admitted that he was in contact with his uncle through (the messaging service) Telegram,’ it said.
Amri allegedly urged his nephew to adopt jihadist ‘takfiri’ ideology and ‘asked him to pledge allegiance to Daesh (IS),’ it said.
The nephew also admitted to investigators that Amri ‘sent him money through the post… so that he could join him in Germany,’ the statement added.
Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido told Spanish radio station Cope that investigators are looking into a tip passed on by German authorities that Amri had developed a contact in Spain.
Zoido said: ‘We are studying all possible connections (between Amri) and our country, above all with one specific person.’
