Ali Charaf Damache extradition process continued over terrorism offence

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Ali Charaf Damache’s extradition process for alleged membership of a terrorist organisation was continued by Spain’s Council of Ministers on 26 February 2016; no court is identified in the official record.

The decision concerned a request from United States authorities and recorded that Damache was being held in provisional detention while suspected of organising a jihadist cell in Europe, according to the government reference.

The record alleges that the cell recruited people for training in an Al Qaeda camp in Pakistan and intended to use them, on their return to Europe, in attacks against European and United States targets.