Officers in the German town of Alsdorf have arrested two women and a man suspected of being connected with the terror attacks in Paris.

Special forces apprehended the trio at about 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, police spokesman Werner Schneider said by phone, confirming a report in Aachener Zeitung.

The suspects were arrested outside a job center on the Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Strasse after police stopped their car, Aachener Zeitung reported. Officers are out in force in the town, near the city of Aachen, as they search for a fourth suspect, the newspaper said.

The detainment follows the arrest of a 39-year-old Algerian man on Monday in the northern town of Arnsberg after witnesses claimed he told Syrian refugees days ahead of Friday's attacks that something is about to happen in Paris. (Bloomberg)