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| Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont held by German police | Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont held by German police |
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| German police have detained the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont as he crossed from Denmark into Germany. | German police have detained the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont as he crossed from Denmark into Germany. |
| On Friday the Spanish government reactivated an international arrest warrant for Puigdemont, who is wanted on charges of sedition, rebellion and misuse of public funds. | On Friday the Spanish government reactivated an international arrest warrant for Puigdemont, who is wanted on charges of sedition, rebellion and misuse of public funds. |
| The former president, who has been living in self-imposed exile in Brussels since last October, was in a car on the way from Finland to Belgium when he was detained. Spain sent a request to the Finnish authorities to detain Puigdemont, who was on a visit to promote the Catalan independence cause. | The former president, who has been living in self-imposed exile in Brussels since last October, was in a car on the way from Finland to Belgium when he was detained. Spain sent a request to the Finnish authorities to detain Puigdemont, who was on a visit to promote the Catalan independence cause. |
| However, the request was written in Spanish and there was a delay while the Madrid authorities had it translated into English. In the meantime, Puigdemont left the country. | However, the request was written in Spanish and there was a delay while the Madrid authorities had it translated into English. In the meantime, Puigdemont left the country. |
| In a statement on Sunday morning Puigdemont’s press officer said: “Carles Puigdemont has been detained in Germany as he crossed from Denmark en route to Belgium. He has been properly treated throughout and is right now in a police station. He was on his way to Belgium where he would be, as always, at the disposal of Belgian justice.” | In a statement on Sunday morning Puigdemont’s press officer said: “Carles Puigdemont has been detained in Germany as he crossed from Denmark en route to Belgium. He has been properly treated throughout and is right now in a police station. He was on his way to Belgium where he would be, as always, at the disposal of Belgian justice.” |
| German police confirmed that Puidgemont was arrested at 11.19 am on Sunday morning. | |
| According to German media reports, the arrest took place following a tip-off from Spain’s intelligence agency to German federal police’s Sirene bureau – part of a network of information-sharing units for national police in the Schengen area. The website of German news weekly Focus reported that Puigdemont was arrested on a motorway heading towards Hamburg. | According to German media reports, the arrest took place following a tip-off from Spain’s intelligence agency to German federal police’s Sirene bureau – part of a network of information-sharing units for national police in the Schengen area. The website of German news weekly Focus reported that Puigdemont was arrested on a motorway heading towards Hamburg. |
| Puigdemont faces up to 25 years in prison in Spain on charges of rebellion and sedition for organising an illegal referendum for Catalonia that led to a unilateral declaration of independence in October. | Puigdemont faces up to 25 years in prison in Spain on charges of rebellion and sedition for organising an illegal referendum for Catalonia that led to a unilateral declaration of independence in October. |
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