BERLIN – A senior Bavarian politician said on Tuesday that refugees with forged Syrian passports have disappeared in Germany and there are grounds for suspicion that they may have had contact with Islamic State militants, German media reported.

The minister spoke after top-selling daily Bild reported that about a dozen refugees were in Germany with false passports originating from the same place as those held by two Islamist militants involved in attacks in Paris on Nov. 13 which killed 130 people.

Bild cited government sources as saying the passports were stolen and had “the same forgery features” as those held by the two Paris attackers. It said German authorities did not know the current location of the individuals with these passports.