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Man held in Birmingham in Europe-wide terror probe Six held in Spain, UK and Germany in anti-jihadist raids
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A man has been arrested in Birmingham on suspicion of terrorism offences in connection with a Spanish investigation into support for the so-called Islamic State, police say. Four men have been arrested on Majorca and two more in the UK and Germany as part of a Spanish investigation into support for so-called Islamic State, police say.
Five others are being held - four on the Spanish island of Majorca, and one in Germany. The suspects are said to have produced and spread violent videos to recruit would-be jihadist fighters online.
The 44-year-old man was arrested at an address in the Sparkhill area of the city under a European Arrest Warrant. One was a 44-year-old man from Birmingham, described by Spanish officials as a Salafist imam.
He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court later. He was held in the city's Sparkhill area under a European Arrest Warrant.
Spanish authorities allege he produced films containing violent content that were circulated on the internet. West Midlands police said he was arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences and would appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court later.
The suspects are also accused of organising secret weekly meetings to recruit young people to travel to conflict zones to fight, the Spanish interior ministry said. Police in western Germany said they had detained a 28-year-old Spanish national in Dortmund, emphasising there was no indication of any planned attack in Germany itself.
The investigation, led by Spanish police, began in 2015 after police discovered a series of videos online that showed the the indoctrination, capture and journey to Syria of a young Muslim living in Spain, says Reuters news agency. 'Weekly recruitment meetings'
The Spanish investigation dates back to 2015 when a series of videos were posted online showing how a young Muslim in Spain was indoctrinated, recruited and eventually sent to fight in Syria.
Spanish authorities said the Salafist preacher based in Birmingham was known to European police and intelligence and they alleged he had travelled to Palma de Mallorca to steer the jihadist cell.
The group was based in Majorca and organised secret weekly meetings aimed at recruiting young people to travel to conflict zones to fight, the Spanish interior ministry said.
It added that Spain had arrested 178 "jihadist terrorists" since June 2015.