“Dutch police say they have arrested 15 people suspected of spreading Islamic State propaganda on TikTok, accusing them of trying to “incite others to commit terrorist crimes.”
Police launched a nationwide swoop on the suspects, aged between 16 and 53, after an investigation dating back to August 2025.
The Islamic State propaganda, with Dutch subtitles, “included calls to join the fight and glorification of martyrdom,” the public prosecution office (OM) says in a statement.
Some of the TikTok posts had been viewed more than 100,000 times, authorities add.
Those arrested are suspected of “incitement to commit a terrorist offense, disseminating ISIS propaganda, and/or participating in a terrorist organization,” says the OM.
Thirteen suspects have Syrian nationality. Four of the suspects are minors.
“Glorifying and disseminating propaganda significantly undermines public safety,” says the OM, noting that publishing Islamic State propaganda is a punishable offense.
Authorities do not rule out further arrests from their investigation.
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