German police have arrested a Syrian nationwide on crimes in opposition to humanity and warfare crimes together with enslavement for allegedly collaborating in a brutal crackdown on authorities opponents, prosecutors stated yesterday.

The federal prosecutor’s workplace stated in a press release that the suspect, recognized solely as Ahmad H. in step with German authorized observe, had been detained on July 26 within the northern metropolis of Bremen. He was remanded in custody yesterday.

He’s accused of appearing between 2012 and 2015 throughout Syria’s civil warfare as an area chief of pro-government “shabiha” militiamen in Damascus tasked with serving to to crush dissent.