Dutch arrest Syrian teen suspected of IS support

December 04, 2015 02:05

Dutch police have arrested a Syrian teen on suspicion of being member of a terror organisation while looking for asylum in the Netherlands,

public prosecutors said today.

"An 18-year-old man was arrested in The Hague on Monday after telling fellow asylum seekers that he was a member of IS and al-Qaeda," the public prosecutor's office said in a statement.

The Syrian teen arrived in the Netherlands in October and was living on a boat housing asylum seekers in Zaandam, outside Amsterdam, the statement added.

More than 100 Dutch citizens have left the country to join the Islamic State group, but Monday's arrest will be one of the first cases of a refugee being a suspected jihadist.

The teen has appeared in court on terror charges and remains in custody until his next hearing in two weeks' time, the statement said.

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