France: Iraqi refugee charged, suspected in ISIS war crimes
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PARIS - An Iraqi refugee was in French custody Friday on preliminary charges of war crimes and terrorism amid suspicions that he was a senior figure in the Islamic State group who lied to get asylum in France.
The man arrived in France in 2016 and was granted asylum in May 2017, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said. French authorities put the man under surveillance the following month, Collomb said.
Interpol said it issued a "red notice" for the man, identified as Ahmed H., at the request of Iraqi authorities. It was unclear when Interpol issued the notice, which is like putting a suspect on the international police agency's most-wanted list.
Then this March, the man was arrested in Normandy and given preliminary charges of war crimes and murder in connection with a terrorist enterprise, among other charges, an official with the Paris prosecutor's office told The Associated Press.
