The German authorities seized, on Thursday, a member of the Houthi militia near Munich, on charges of belonging to a foreign terrorist organization.

The American Associated Press quoted the prosecution representatives as saying that “a Yemeni man accused of joining the Houthi militias in his country; And the fighting for a short period of the militias was arrested in Germany on Thursday.

According to the agency, the suspect, who was known as “Hussein H”, was arrested only, according to the rules of German privacy, in Dakhu, near Munich. The federal prosecutor said he was accused of belonging to a foreign terrorist organization.

According to the American Agency, "the judge ordered the man to be detained as a precaution," while the prosecution did not specify the date of his arrival in Germany.

According to German law, the accused is expected to be investigated in the coming days before he is transferred to the trial.

According to observers; The arrest of a accused of joining the Houthi militia represents great pressure on the group's supporters in Germany, and restricts their activities in the coming period.

What do we know about the Houthi accused?

Houthi element joined the militias in October 2022

He underwent intellectual training

Followed by military training for a period of three months

He fought in early 2023, for a short period of time in the ranks of the Iranian -backed group in the Ma'rib Governorate, eastern Yemen.

The Houthis have launched attacks against navigation in the Red Sea since November 2023.