He was let go by the Irish.
‘Jihadist’ in Swedish cartoonist plot arrested
The suspect in Spain. Photo: Mossos d’Esquadra
Published: 11 Dec 2015 17:34 GMT+01:00
Ali Charaf Damache was detained on Thursday evening at a hotel in the tourist heart of Barcelona, the Catalan regional Interior Ministry confirmed on Friday.
Police were alerted to his presence in Barcelona thanks to a telephone tip-off to the emergency 112 number.
“We became aware that this person was in Barcelona earlier this week,” said Jordi Jané, the regional interior minister for Catalonia in a press conference.
The 50-year-old holds both Irish and Algerian nationality and is wanted by the United States for alleged membership of a terrorist cell linked to al-Qaeda that recruited and radicalized Muslims and financed and planned terrorist attacks.
El presumpte gihadista ha estat detingut per donar suport logístic i facilitar documents per viatjar a terroristes pic.twitter.com/A7Jjcq0a5U
— Mossos. Generalitat (@mossoscat) December 11, 2015