Spanish Police Arrest Qaida Suspect

Spanish police said they arrested a suspected al-Qaida member Tuesday, accusing him of showing videos on the Internet that encouraged "terrorist acts.”

Officers detained the man, who was identified only as M. H. A., in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia after a probe lasting more than a year, the interior ministry said in a statement.

"His Internet activity revealed his membership of the terrorist organization and the dissemination of audiovisual products to induce, provoke and encourage terrorist acts," it said.

Investigations into the man began in February 2011, the ministry said. Spain's National Court, which hears terrorism cases, had opened an inquest, it said.

In September last year, Spanish police arrested a Cuban man suspected of belonging to al-Qaida and indoctrinating potential followers via his activities on the Internet.