Police detain 6 IS suspects in Spain, Britain and Germany
MADRID — Police on Wednesday arrested six suspected members of the Islamic State group, four in Spain and one each in Britain and Germany, Spain’s Interior Ministry said.
A ministry statement said the man arrested in Britain was a Salafist imam who led the group and who was sought by several countries. Tarik Chadlioui, who was detained at his home in the city of Birmingham, England, at Spain’s request, appeared at a London court later Wednesday accused of producing propaganda encouraging people to take part in violent jihad.
Chadlioui held a Belgian passport and has lived in Britain since 2015, according to Britain’s Press Association. Spanish authorities gave his age as 44, but PA reported his age as 43. It wasn’t immediately possible to explain the discrepancy.
The four arrests in Spain occurred in Mallorca, where the cell was allegedly based.