(Brussels Times) A jihadist fighter from Antwerp was found and detained in Turkey just before Christmas day, according to reports which emerged just hours after he was stripped of his Belgian nationality.
Fouad Akrich, 27, was found in an unspecified location in Turkey alongside his Dutch wife and their children on 24 December, De Morgen reports.
He is one of the six Belgo-Moroccan people who a Belgian court on Thursday stripped of their Belgian nationality over their involvement with the extremist group Sharia4Belgium.
The decision to strip all six men of their Belgian nationality followed their conviction in absentia for their links to the group, during a 2015 trial in which 44 people were convicted for terror-related activities.
