A suspected Islamic militant returning to Europe from the war in Syria was arrested on Sunday at Malaga airport in southern Spain as a potential "threat to national security," the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The suspect, Abdeluahid Sadik Mohamed, belongs to an al Qaeda-linked group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the statement said. A spokesman for the Ministry confirmed Sadik Mohamed is a Spanish national born in Ceuta, the Spanish enclave on Morocco's north coast. He had spent months alongside Islamic militants fighting in Syria and in Iraq since last May, arriving to the region from Casablanca, Morocco. He was arrested at Malaga airport on a flight from Istanbul, Turkey, the statement said.
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Suspect is a Spanish national
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The suspect is tied to an al Qaeda-linked group
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The arrest took place at Malaga airport
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Sadik Mohamed will be arraigned at the National Court in Madrid,
He was a suspect in a partially dismantled Spanish and @placeholder network of Islamic militants that recruited, indoctrinated, trained and financed militants to be sent to the battlefronts in Syria.