Man arrested in Germany 'not a terrorist'

Investigators in the German city of Moenchengladbach have ruled out any link to the al-Qaida network of a man they arrested on a tip that he was a member of the terrorist organisation, authorities said today.

Prosecutor Heinz Jurgen Vitz said the man remains in custody on the charge of possession of false papers, but that there is no evidence he has anything to do with Osama bin Laden’s organisation.