The Netherlands extradited a Pakistani man to Spain where he faces allegations of belonging to an extremist Islamist group, Spanish police said.

Akeel Abassi, 26, fled Spain in January during the dismantling of a group of militants in Barcelona, a police statement said.

Dutch police arrested him in June after a Madrid court issued a warrant for his capture.

Spanish authorities have said Abassi travelled from Spain to Germany to carry out a suicide attack on an unidentified target but then left for the Netherlands without carrying out the bomb attack.

Abassi was one of 11 Islamists charged by Spain's High Court in June with offences relating to suicide bombings it said they had been planning in both Germany and Barcelona.

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