franco-german brigade: His apprehension follows the arrest last month of 28-year-old 1st Lt, according to Brandon Sun. Franco A., a Bundeswehr soldier stationed with a Franco-German brigade in Illkirch, just across the border from Kehl in France. Maximilian T., 27, was arrested in the southwestern city of Kehl on charges of preparing an act of violence, federal prosecutor's spokeswoman Frauke Koehler said.A judge later ordered him held as the investigation continues into a case that authorities have called more than strange. Their last names weren't released in line with privacy laws.A. is alleged to have managed to pass himself off as a Syrian refugee in the state of Hesse at the end of 2015 and be granted a place at a home for asylum-seekers, as well as state financial aid for migrants. Germany's Der Spiegel magazine reported that T. was also a 1st Lieutenant, or Oberleutnant, like A. but prosecutors would not confirm that, citing privacy laws.A. came to the attention of authorities after he was arrested in February while going to retrieve a pistol he'd stashed in a Vienna airport bathroom. Although stationed with the Bundeswehr in France, he lived sporadically at the refugee home and T. is alleged to have covered him, at times, when he was absent from the barracks, prosecutors said.
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