Bavaria’s state premier Horst Seehofer said Saturday that there was “reason to believe” that a man arrested last week with several weapons in southern Germany was linked to attackers who killed more than 128 people in Paris.

A spokesman for the Bavarian police stated they arrested the fifty one-yr-previous on November 5 on a motorway close to the city of Rosenheim after investigators discovered eight machine weapons, a number of handguns and explosives in his VW Golf. “Paris has changed everything”, Söder said. A Greek police source said French authorities had asked other countries in Europe, including Greece, to check on the passport.

French national and municipal police stand guard outside a commercial center in NIce, France, November 14, 2015, the day after a series of deadly attacks in Paris. He said checks would take place on road, rail and air connections following a request from France for all of its neighbors to increase surveillance.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s allies in the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), Merkel’s coalition allies, quickly linked the Paris attacks to the refugee crisis in Germany. ISIS has since claimed responsibility for the killings, blaming them on France’s role in the Syrian conflict.

Three explosions were heard near the Stade de France, where the France-Germany friendly soccer match was being played. “I don’t know what’s happening”, a sobbing witness who gave her name only as Anna told BFM TV outside the Bataclan hall.

The man was reportedly from Montenegro and has refused to speak in prison.

The German football federation (DFB) says the team landed back in Frankfurt on Saturday morning.