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Alleged extremist arrested in northern Spain

Xinhua, January 17, 2017 Adjust font size:

An alleged extremist has been arrested in the northern Spanish city of San Sebastian, the Spanish Interior Ministry reported on Monday.

The detainee, a boxing teacher of Moroccan nationality living in Spain, used to approach youngsters in risk of social exclusion and easily influenced.

Spanish police said he was leading a cell in charge of sending foreign fighters to Turkey where Daesh (also known as the Islamic State) gave them instructions to carry out attacks in Europe.

His activities started in 2010 and had a connection with other two alleged members of Daesh. One was arrested on Nov. 20 in Strasbourg by the French police and the other one who had been living with the detainee, was arrested in Morocco.

According to the police, the three would have been lived in San Sebastian during the same period and financially supported each other.

Spain raised its anti-terrorist alert to level 4 in 2015 and since then, a total of 181 extremists have been arrested. Endit