A Tunisian man who allegedly served as a bodyguard to Osama bin Laden was detained in Germany on Monday and is to be deported, officials said.
The 41-year-old, identified as Sami A., has lived in Germany for about two decades, but outrage over his presence has grown in recent months as the mood hardens towards rejected asylum seekers.
Sami A. had previously successfully argued against his deportation, saying he risked being tortured in his homeland.
But Germany’s Federal Office for Migration reversed that decision on Monday, following a public outcry over the case and an intervention from Interior Minister Horst Seehofer.
“Finally, he’s going to be deported!” headlined the best-selling daily Bild, which broke the news.
A spokesman for Bochum city hall in western Germany confirmed to AFP that Sami A. was being held pending deportation.
The Tunisian, who arrived in Germany in 1997, was taken into custody when he reported for his daily visit to a Bochum police…
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