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Pakistan citizen arrested in Spain for spreading jihadist propaganda

Xinhua, May 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

A Pakistan citizen was arrested on Tuesday morning in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, a city to the immediate southwest of Barcelona, for spreading jihadist propaganda, the Spanish Ministry of Interior reported on Tuesday.

"The jihadist arrested by the police spread Daesh dogma and hatred against westernized Muslim women through social media", the ministry said in a press release.

The man had different accounts on social media,which he had used to spread ideas and strategies of different jihadist groups operating in Syria and Iraq, especially Daesh.

Spain is threatened by jihadism, a phenomenon that has increased last year, according to a report by Spain's National Security Council, which was passeded at a cabinet meeting on May 27. Endit