Man Suspected of Selling Guns to Paris Attackers Arrested in Germany

German police have arrested a man suspected of selling guns to the terrorists who opened fire in Paris. The confirmation of the arrest was made on Friday.

"I can confirm that a man is in custody on suspicion of arms trading," a spokesman for the German prosecutors from Baden-Wuerttemebrg said to Reuters. The arrest was made on Tuesday in Stuttgart, Germany, a city located in the south.

The spokesman added, according to Deutsche Welle, "He was allegedly converting non-lethal weapons to firearms and then selling them online."

The police reportedly found 16 firearms in the man's home. The man's identity is being kept a secret under Germany's privacy laws.

German newspaper, Bild, reported that the 34-year-old man had sold four assault rifles to the terrorists associated with the Islamic State, who claimed responsibility for killing 130 people in Paris on Nov. 13. Two of the weapons were AK-47s made in China and the other two were Zasatva M70s that were made in the former nation of Yuglsavia. These specific guns were reportedly used in the attack.

The newspaper added that four emails found on the suspect's phoned linked the man to the "Arabs in Paris." The suspect allegedly sold the weapons via the "Darknet" to someone of "Arab descent."

The police did not confirm the details that the tabloid paper reported.

Since the attacks on Paris, the French and Belgian authorities have carried out numerous raids. French forces have also dropped bombs on targets in Syria that are linked to ISIS. 

The United States have declared a worldwide travel alert for Americans, stating that they beieve more terrorist attacks could occur throughout the world.