A London rapper who became one of Europe's most wanted terrorists has reportedly been arrested in Spain. Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, who performed as L Jinny or Lyricist Jinn, is believed to be one of three suspects found hiding in a rented apartment in Almería. Spain's Policía Nacional did not name the men but called the main suspect "one of Europe's most wanted ISIS foreign fighters", and said he was an Egyptian national. In 2014, Abdel Bary was reported to have posted a photo on Twitter showing himself holding a Syrian regime soldier's head, with the caption: "Chillin' with my homie, or what's left of him". He was among the British ISIS fighters considered to be potential identities for the executioner Jihadi John, before he was named as Mohammed Emwazi. Abdel Bary is the son of an Egyptian al-Qaeda operative who was convicted in connection with the 1998 US embassy bombings that killed more than 200 people.

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