Spain detains three of Allouni friends

The Spanish police detained five persons, three of them are friends for al-Jazeera correspondent Teiseir Allouni, who is currently detained in Spain.

News reports in Spain said that the three detainees are of Syrian origin and two of them were detained in Granada and the third was in Valencia. The news reports added that judge in this case gave his order to arrest the three men according to allegations addressed to Allouni of contacting and cooperating with al-Qaida organization.

The detention came one day after the judge accused Allouni of being involved in terrorist attacks including the attacks of September 11.

The judge confirmed that Allouni did not take part in terrorist acts but accused him of making use of his work as a journalist to transfer sums and in helping one person getting a residence license.

Allouni (48 year old) was detained in Granada city to the south of Spain on September 5th in Madrid for interrogation for six days until Thursday when the judge decided that the journalist has to answer accusations on his relation to al- Qaida.