Men arrested in Germany not linked to Brussels attacks

German authorities have no concrete evidence linking the two men arrested on suspicion of involvement in the Brussels attacks to those attacks, a spokesman for the state prosecutor's office said, reports the Patria news agency.

"So far we have no tangible evidence linking the two arrested men to the attacks in Brussels," said the spokesman for the German state prosecutor's office.

A 28-year-old Moroccan was arrested on Wednesday evening in Giessen, and a mobile phone was found on him with a message that the German press reported could be linked to one of the perpetrators of the attacks, but that turned out to be incorrect.

Even if he is held in prison for violating the law on the residence of foreign nationals in Germany, he will no longer be suspected of involvement in the Brussels attacks, the same source said.

Nor did the investigation into the other man, arrested in the Düsseldorf area for a possible connection to one of the Bakravi brothers, link him to the suicide attacker, Index writes.