Greek police 'detain Belgian jihadi cell leader'

Widening a European counter-terrorism dragnet, Greek authorities detained four terrorism suspects today, including a man believed to be the ringleader of a Belgian jihadi cell.

Greek police 'detain Belgian jihadi cell leader'

Widening a European counter-terrorism dragnet, Greek authorities detained four terrorism suspects today, including a man believed to be the ringleader of a Belgian jihadi cell.

A Greek police official said the four were arrested separately in Athens and included a man who matches the description of Abdelhamid Abaaoud – whom Belgian authorities suspect was behind a jihadi cell which was dismantled in Belgium on Thursday.

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