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ISIS-affiliated person arrested in Albania: authorities

Xinhua, November 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Albanian state police said Saturday they have arrested an ISIS-affiliated person from Pogradec of southeastern Albania.

Ervin Duka, a 29-year-old resident from the village of Guras in Pogradec, was arrested after police found explosives and ammunition in his house, state police said in a statement.

The man had previously been in Syria, fighting as an ISIS member, where he was also partially paralyzed in 2014.

After returning to Albania, he was kept under close watch of the Albanian police, the police said.

Official sources said Saturday that Duka continued to be in touch with other militants there.

He is the fifth person arrested within ten days in Albania as four other people were handcuffed in Shkodra, north Albania, suspected of having contacted ISIS representatives in Syria and planning terrorist attacks. Endit