Police detain ISIS suspects in Spain, Britain and Germany
MADRID - Spainish police have arrested six suspected members of the Islamic State terror group, four of them in Spain and one each in Britain and Germany, Madrid's Interior Ministry said Wednesday.
The man arrested in Britain was a 44-year-old Salafist imam who led the group and who was sought by several countries. He was detained in the city of Birmingham at Spain's request.
The ministry said investigations began in 2015 when police detected videos promoted by the imam that documented the recruitment, indoctrination and sending of a young Muslim resident in Spain to Syria.
The cell also worked to recruit new members and actively promoted ISIS armed activities.
The four arrests in Spain occurred on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, where the cell was allegedly based.
