BERLIN: Germany`s domestic intelligence agency (BfV) has received more than 100 tip-offs that there are Islamic State fighters among the refugees currently staying in Germany, Berliner Zeitung newspaper cited the agency`s chief as saying.
The newspaper said on Friday, without citing its sources, that BfV chief Hans-Georg Maassen had recently mentioned this number at a discussion in the Interior Ministry with politicians who focus on domestic policy issues.
But Maassen also said that among those tip-offs there were some cases of untruthful defamation, the newspaper said.
The domestic intelligence agency was not immediately available to comment when contacted by Reuters.
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