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Six people have been arrested in Spain, Britain and Germany accused of links to the Islamic State group, and the indoctrination and radicalization of potential members, the Spanish interior ministry said on Wednesday.

The arrests, organized by Spanish police in conjunction with police in Germany and Britain, detained four people in Palma de Mallorca, one in Britain and one in Germany, the ministry said.

Those arrested devised and circulated videos with violent content and organized secret weekly meetings to recruit young people to travel to conflict zones to fight.

The police investigation began in 2015 after discovering a web page with a series of videos showing the indoctrination, capture and journey to Syria of a young Muslim resident in Spain.

Since Spain raised the security alert to level 4, the second highest, in June 2015, Spanish police have arrested 178 people accused of links to Islamist militancy.

(Source: Reuters)