Debdutta Chakraborty
Spanish authorities, last week, arrested 11 Pakistanis in Barcelona for alleged ties to Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a far-right Islamist party in Pakistan. The accused were apprehended in an early morning joint operation by the Spanish National Police and the Italian police forces.
In a post on X, the Spanish police stated that those arrested were charged with inciting violence, operating through encrypted channels, and allegedly calling for beheadings for blasphemy.
The operation marked the third phase of a three-year-long investigation into radical groups operating in Barcelona, reportedly. A total of 30 arrests have been made over the past three years. In the current phase of the operation, the police arrested 10 members of the group in Barcelona. Meanwhile, one was apprehended in Piacenza, Italy, by the Italian law enforcement in a joint operation.
The alleged leader of the group—reportedly associated with the TLP—is a 55-year-old Pakistani who used encrypted messaging platforms to incite violent actions and praise attacks over blasphemy allegations in Europe and Pakistan, a Pakistani media report stated.
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