Double success in the fight against terror: The police were able to arrest a Moroccan terror suspect (36) on his return from Syria in Upper Austria. One of his accomplices was also arrested in Barcelona.
A 36-year-old Moroccan terror suspect has been arrested in Upper Austria. A spokesperson of the Ministry of the Interior confirmed corresponding media reports on Saturday. The arrest took place when the Syrian returnee wanted to leave the federal territory by train towards Germany, it said. An EU-wide arrest warrant from Spain had been issued for the suspected “foreign terrorist fighter”.
The Moroccan arrested in July 2022 was a resident of Spain and had left for Syria in 2014 to join an al-Qaida-linked group, the interior ministry said today (Saturday). He was accompanied by a 29-year-old Moroccan against whom no arrest warrant had been issued at the time. Now the second suspect has been arrested near Barcelona, it said. He is said to have travelled to Syria from Morocco in 2015. Both men are being investigated on suspicion of involvement in and support of terrorism.
“In the fight against international terrorist networks, close cooperation with our partners is essential. As the once again successful operation and the two arrests show, the State Protection and Intelligence Directorate is in the best possible position in this regard and will continue to act with all determination against these criminals. Because the fight against terror must not rest for a second – the police will continue to wage it with all consistency and severity,” said Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP).
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