Spain: Police nab al-Qaeda-linked terror suspect
Suspect Abdeluahid Mohammad once trained in a camp in Syria belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Spain's Interior Ministry says police have arrested a man suspected of belonging to an al-Qaeda linked terror organization and participating in the Syrian conflict.
The suspect, named as Abdeluahid Sadik Mohammad, was nabbed at Malaga airport in southern Spain on Sunday after arriving on a flight bound from Istanbul, a statement said.
He had had left Casablanca, Morocco, on May 2 to travel to Syria, which he entered by crossing the Turkish border after spending a few days in Istanbul.
Once in Syria, he trained in a camp belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a terrorist organization linked to al-Qaeda, the statement says.
He was arrested because he was considered a threat to national security.
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