Five followers of Pakistani terrorist group arrested in Andalucia and Catalonia

(Euro Weekly) National Police officers have arrested five Pakistani citizens in Barcelona, ​​Girona, the Jaen municipality of Ubeda, and Granada. They were detained in an operation coordinated by the National High Court against followers of a Pakistani movement considered to be a terrorist group.

The man who carried out the attack on the former Charlie Hebdo facilities in France in 2020 reportedly belonged to the same group.

As reported by the National Police, the arrests were made for their alleged participation in the crimes of collaboration with a terrorist organisation, glorification of, and incitement to commit terrorist acts.

Carried out last Monday, [February] 21, the operation culminated in the dismantling of the group of followers, who urged the murder of those who demonstrated against Islam.

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