The teenager from the central English metropolis of Birmingham had posed no danger to the general public, West Midlands Police stated in a press release, with out giving additional particulars about why he was held.
The detention was not related to Friday’s arrests of 5 different individuals from Birmingham, police stated. These have been linked to final month’s suicide bombings in Brussels, which killed 32 individuals, and November’s assaults in Paris that left one hundred thirty individuals lifeless, a safety supply stated.
Earlier, police in Spain arrested a pair believed to be a part of a gaggle that supported and recruited Islamic State fighters, together with people that had carried out suicide bomb assaults in Syria.
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel warned earlier this week that additional threats to Europe have been nonetheless a risk, and that safety forces needed to keep alert.
– Reuters