ISIS-related arrest in Germany linked to football league
An alleged high-ranking ISIS member is said to have been detained by German police in the town of Mutterstadt, with German publication Bild suggesting the arrest could relate to a planned attack on the start of the Bundesliga - Germany's top-tier football league. The league is due to start on 26 August, however, no indication was given as to which teams and stadiums might have been targeted if the arrest did relate to such an attack. 

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German police detained an alleged high-ranking Isis member in the southwestern town of Mutterstadt.

The German news agency dpa reported that the man, whose identity was not given, was detained after a tip from a prison inmate in the western city of Gelsenkirchen.

Dpa reported the information about the suspect came in connection with alleged threats against the German Bundesliga football league.

The suspect, who has not been named, was detained by Germany's special task force, SEC.

The state interior ministry of Rhineland Palatinate, where Mutterstadt is located, confirmed a terror arrest had been made but not say whether they were a member of Isis.

In a statement to German tabloid Bild, it said there were "indications something was planned" for the start of Bundesliga - which is the German equivalent of the English Premier League - but did not elaborate further.

The football season is due to begin again in Germany on 26 August and it not known which stadiums or teams were to be targeted.

The country is currently on high alert following a series of attacks over the past month.

Terrorism in 2016: Terror attacks in Europe claimed by Isis Show all 9 1 / 9 Terrorism in 2016: Terror attacks in Europe claimed by Isis Terrorism in 2016: Terror attacks in Europe claimed by Isis Policemen outside Rouen's cathedral during the funeral of Jacques Hamel, the priest who was killed in a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray in Normandy on 26 July during a hostage-taking claimed by Islamic State group Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images Terrorism in 2016: Terror attacks in Europe claimed by Isis Two jihadists, both 19, slit Hamel's throat while he was celebrating mass in an attack that shocked France as well as the Catholic Church Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images Terrorism in 2016: Terror attacks in Europe claimed by Isis Muslims place flowers and hold a minute of silence in front of the church if Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, western France, where French priest Jacques Hamel was killed on 26 July Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images Terrorism in 2016: Terror attacks in Europe claimed by Isis Two people hold each other by the new makeshift memorial in Nice, in tribute to the victims of the deadly Bastille Day attack at the Promenade des Anglais Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images Terrorism in 2016: Terror attacks in Europe claimed by Isis The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the truck attack that killed 84 people in Nice on France's national holiday. Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, 31, smashed a 19-tonne truck into a packed crowd of people in the Riviera city celebrating Bastille Day Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images Terrorism in 2016: Terror attacks in Europe claimed by Isis Police work at a site where a Syrian migrant set off an explosive device in Ansbach, southern Germany, on 25 July, killing himself and wounding a dozen others Daniel Roland/AFP/Getty Images Terrorism in 2016: Terror attacks in Europe claimed by Isis A Syrian migrant set off an explosion at a bar in southern Germany that killed himself and wounded a dozen others in the third attack to hit Bavaria in a week. The 27-year-old, who had spent a stint in a psychiatric facility, had intended to target a music festival in the city of Ansbach but was turned away because he did not have a ticket Friebe/AFP/Getty Images Terrorism in 2016: Terror attacks in Europe claimed by Isis Police officers walk along train tracks in Wuerzburg southern Germany on 19 July, a day after a man attacked train passengers with an axe. German authorities said they had found a hand-painted IS flag among the belongings of the man, an asylum seeker from Afghanistan, who seriously injured four members of a family of tourists from Hong Kong in his rampage Daniel Roland/AFP/Getty Images Terrorism in 2016: Terror attacks in Europe claimed by Isis German police killed a teenage assailant after he attacked passengers on a train in Wuerzburg, southerg Germany with an axe and a knife on 18 July, seriously wounding three people Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/AFP/Getty Images

In July, a failed asylum seeker blew himself up outside a bar in Ansbach in Bavaria after failing to get into a music concert.

A few weeks later, a German teenager of Iranian descent shot and killed nine people at a McDonalds in Munich.

Ali David Sonboly was described as "depressed" and "obsessed with mass shootings" and police do not believe he had any connection to Islamic extremism.

Additional reporting by AP