Kosovo police jail 15 suspected Islamic radicals

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AP Pristina (Kosovo)
Last Updated : Sep 17 2014 | 6:05 PM IST
Kosovo police said today they have arrested 15 people suspected of links with Islamic radicals, including Muslim clerics and a politician.
Police said in a statement that the suspects pose a threat to Kosovo's "national security" and that they seized material believed to link them with religious extremists.
Police didn't identify the suspects.
Today's sweep follows two similar operations since mid-August.
Last month, 40 people were arrested in a major operation targeting Islamic radicals suspected of fighting In Iraq and Syria alongside the Islamic State group.
Kosovo is secular but its majority ethnic Albanians are overwhelmingly Muslim.

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First Published: Sep 17 2014 | 6:05 PM IST

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