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| Spain arrests 'Syria jihadist suspects' in Ceuta | Spain arrests 'Syria jihadist suspects' in Ceuta |
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| Eight people have been arrested in the Spanish territory of Ceuta on suspicion of recruiting jihadist fighters to go to Syria and elsewhere, police say. | |
| Those detained in the raids on Friday morning are accused of being part of a network linked to al-Qaeda. | |
| They are suspected of funding, indoctrinating and facilitating travel for would-be fighters. | |
| Police say the network was based in the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta and the Moroccan city of Fnideq. | |
| In a statement, the ministry of interior said dozens of people, some of them under 18, had left both Ceuta and Moroccan territory under the cover of the al-Qaeda-linked network. | |
| Some of them had taken part in suicide attacks, while others had joined training camps to prepare for armed action, the ministry said. | |
| Several groups of jihadists were still expecting to travel from Spain to Syria, the ministry statement said, adding that the investigation was still ongoing. | |
| The National Police and the Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) began separate investigation in 2009 and 2011 but began working together earlier this year. |