Laptops, money seized during raid on banned Islamic centre in Germany

German police have seized laptops and money during raids targeting a newly banned Islamic association based outside Berlin.

The interior minister of the state of Brandenburg, Michael Stübgen, said "a considerable amount of cash" had been seized.

The operation, which involved some 70 police officers, began at 6 am (0400 GMT), Stübgen said.

The premises of the association in Fürstenwalde to the east of Berlin had been sealed, he said.

Stübgen announced earlier that he had banned the Islamic Centre Fürstenwalde al-Salam, accusing it of an association with the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and the terrorist organization Hamas and promoting anti-Semitism.