Peter Frank, Germany’s federal prosecutor, said on Monday that the number of Germans continuing to fight alongside the terrorist group would have increased to 600.
In a televised interview, he said: “The prosecution and the security services are busy investigating the fate of those now.”
“Will they stay in Syria and Iraq? Will they return? Our intelligence in particular is now required to answer this question.”
He pointed out that about a thousand Germans have traveled to Syria and Iraq, and that between 100 and 150 of them died there, while returned from Germany to about 300 people.
The German government has recently announced that it expects the return of more than 100 children to Germany, mostly infants, who are members of the German fighters who joined the Daash.
