Bavaria PM Links Montenegrin to Paris Attacks

The premier of the German region of Bavaria, Horst Seehofer, on Saturday said they suspected that a Montenegrin national arrested last week with weapons in southern Germany was linked to the Islamist terrorists who killed more than 128 people in Paris on Friday night.

"There is reason to believe that this is possibly linked" to the attacks, Seehofer said.

He reiterated his call for reinforced controls at Europe's external borders as well as at each European country's national border.

Police in Bavaria confirmed the arrest on November 5 during a routine check on the motorway between Munich and Salzburg.

They found "many machine guns, revolvers and explosives" in the vehicle of the suspect, a spokesman said.

He was reportedly on his way to Paris, although this has not been confirmed.

The man, aged 51, was also reportedly from Montenegro and has refused to speak in prison. He has also not hired a lawyer to defend his case.

France proclaimed a nationwide state of emergency after a night of attacks in Paris when gunmen sprayed restaurants with bullets, massacred about 100 concert-goers and also launched suicide attacks near the national stadium, the Stade de France.

President Francois Hollande has blamed Islamic State terrorists for the attacks. ISIS has since claimed responsibility for the killings, blaming them on France's role in the Syrian conflict.