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Five people suspected of jihadist links arrested in Spain and Hungary

On two separate operations, police in Spain and Hungary arrested five persons with suspected ties to Islamic extremists. -Vasilis Chronopoulos 

Spain’s interior ministry said police detained a Moroccan man with Dutch identity documents in the northwestern city of Figueras suspected of belonging to IS who recently returned to Spain from Turkey.

The authorities are investigating whether his return “was motivated by a desire to carry out some sort of action in Europe,” the ministry said in a statement.

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On two separate operations, police in Spain and Hungary arrested five persons with suspected ties to Islamic extremists. -Vasilis Chronopoulos 

Spain’s interior ministry said police detained a Moroccan man with Dutch identity documents in the northwestern city of Figueras suspected of belonging to IS who recently returned to Spain from Turkey.

The authorities are investigating whether his return “was motivated by a desire to carry out some sort of action in Europe,” the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry said Spanish police were able to locate the man thanks to the help of Dutch authorities and of the intelligence services of several unnamed countries.

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