LA CORUñA, Spain, Aug. 12 (UPI) — A man in northern Spain was arrested Tuesday night for selling Islamic State memorabilia, including clothing, and for advocating “jihadist ideology.”
The unidentified Spanish citizen was arrested near the city of La Coruña. He is accused of using social media to advocate Islamic State activities and of having an online store where he sold images and clothing related to the IS group and Harakat Sham al-Islam, an armed rebel Islamist group made up of mostly Moroccans.
Investigators accuse the man of spreading messages that could incite violent attacks inspired by the militant Islamist organizations. The man also had a manifesto where he explained and justified his ideology of “hatred and cruelty,” according to Spain’s Foreign Ministry.
The suspect sold the clothing online for distribution within Spain and Portugal. Spain’s National Police coordinated the arrest.
“The agents have also proceeded to search detainees’ homes and commercial establishment, in the context of a police operation against acts of contempt and humiliation of victims of terrorist offenses and the implementation of activities of advocacy, dissemination and support of jihadist ideology of terrorist organizations,” Spain’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The ministry added that the suspect also had a picture on his Facebook profile of British humanitarian aid worker Alan Henning “accompanied by his torturer” and an IS flag — moments before Henning’s execution by the Islamic State. The suspect sold a version of that image as clothing, setting the price for a sweater of Hemming’s execution for about $18 and $14 for a t-shirt.
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