Spain’s Guardia Civil rescues a youngster captured by a Belgian jihadist

July 24, 2022   

(Euro Weekly) The young girl has been released in Belgium in an operation in which a man accused of radicalising the child has been arrested.

The operation was carried out with the cooperation of the Belgian Federal Police and the judicial bodies of Spain and Belgium, the Guardia Civil confirmed on Sunday, July 24.

Agents of the Guardia Civil and the Belgian Federal Police have arrested a Belgian citizen in an anti-terrorist operation in the town of Verviers, Belgium, in which a Spanish youngster who had been missing from her home since the beginning of July has been freed and rescued.

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