Dutch police arrest Syrian teen asylum seeker

Dutch police have arrested a Syrian teen on suspicion of being member of a terror organization while looking for asylum in the Netherlands, Al Arabiya reported Friday.

The public prosecutor’s office said in a statement that an 18-year-old man was arrested in The Hague on Monday after telling fellow asylum seekers that he was a member of Daesh and al-Qaeda.

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.

Monday’s arrest will be one of the first cases of a refugee being a suspected militant.

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

Sources: MENA