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Tuesday, October 20, 2015
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Spain arrests suspected jihadist about to head to Syria
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA 22-year-old Spanish woman suspected of trying to reach Syria to join Islamist extremists was arrested today at Madrid airport before boarding a flight to Turkey, police say.
The woman is originally from the southwestern province of Huelva and has converted “to the most extreme form of Islam and allegedly maintained contact with radical elements,” they say in a statement.
“The woman had planned to travel to Turkey and then go to Syria to join the ranks of Daesh,” police adds, using the Arabic name for the Islamic State group.
She was the latest of several suspected female IS sympathizers detained in Spain since last year over security concerns.
— AFP
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