{"id":67631,"date":"2025-03-10T12:39:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T07:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=67631"},"modified":"2025-03-10T12:39:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T07:39:47","slug":"10-pakistani-nationals-arrested-in-spain-on-terrorism-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/10-pakistani-nationals-arrested-in-spain-on-terrorism-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Pakistani nationals arrested in Spain on terrorism charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Spain have arrested 10 Pakistani nationals in Barcelona during a major operation on <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/man-jailed-in-uk-for-smuggling-gun-parts-from-pakistan-in-imported-car\/\">terrorism-related charges<\/a> and promoting extremism.<\/p>\n<p>A joint operation was conducted by the Mossos d&#8217;Esquadra (Catalonia Police), Spanish National Police, and Italian law enforcement agencies, media reported, citing statement issued by the Spanish authorities.<\/p>\n<p>According to officials, the arrested individuals of Pakistan-origin were allegedly involved in inciting violence and spreading extremist ideologies.<\/p>\n<p>The group was reportedly linked to a radical organization, based on extremist ideologies, that used online messaging apps to promote extremism and issue violent directives.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the Spanish authorities alleged that some members of the network were involved in identifying potential targets for attacks across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the same investigation, another suspect was detained in Italy. The arrests took place during an operation conducted on the night of March 3.<\/p>\n<p>The 10 individuals were presented on March 6 before Spain&#8217;s Central Investigation Court No. 6, where they faced charges including terrorist financing, recruitment for extremism, and supporting radicalization.<\/p>\n<p>The court ordered the detention of four individuals, while the others remain under investigation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-area\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/594647-10-pakistani-nationals-arrested-in-barcelona-on-terrorism-related-charges\">\n<p>Officials have ruled out any foreign connections, asserting that the organisation operated solely within Spain. The group\u2019s suspected leader is reportedly a 55-year-old Pakistani national.<\/p>\n<p>This operation follows the previous arrests of five individuals in 2022 and 14 in 2023, bringing the total number of detainees linked to the case to 30.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"storypage-social-bottom\">\n<div class=\"leftside-socialshare\">\n<div class=\"story-social-icons\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Spain have arrested 10 Pakistani nationals in Barcelona during a major operation on terrorism-related charges and promoting extremism. A joint operation was conducted by the Mossos d&#8217;Esquadra (Catalonia Police), Spanish National Police, and Italian law enforcement agencies, media reported, citing statement issued by the Spanish authorities. According to officials, the arrested individuals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":67635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6334,138,19219],"class_list":["post-67631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-spain","tag-pakistan","tag-pakistani-nationals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67637,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67631\/revisions\/67637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}