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		</div><p>Austrian authorities have arrested eight people on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organisation over possible connections to Islamic State.</p>
<p>A statement from the public prosecutor in the city of Graz said the suspects were arrested after raids on several residences in Graz and Vienna.</p>
<p>The eight are suspected of <i>&#8220;participation in a terrorist organisation (IS).&#8221;</i> It said 800 police officers were involved in the operation.</p>
<p>The raids come less than a week after police in Vienna detained a 17-year-old they describe as belonging to &#8220;radical Salafist&#8221; circles who they said has confessed to experimenting with building a bomb.</p>
<p>But prosecutors said Thursday&#8217;s raids had been planned for &#8220;a longer time&#8221;, suggesting no immediate link.</p>
<p>The raid appears to be connected to investigations of followers of a Serbian-born Islamic cleric sentenced to 20 years in prison last year in Graz for recruiting dozens of young men to fight for IS.</p>
<p>The 35-year old preacher has been identified only as Mirsad O, also going by the alias of Abu Tejma, in accordance with Austrian privacy laws.</p>
<p>The cleric, who was also found guilty of inciting others to murder and of coercion, had denied all charges.</p>
<p>Interior ministry figures show that approximately 300 people have left or tried to leave Austria to fight for radical groups in the Middle East since 2012.</p>
<p>Of these, 90 have returned while 50 are listed as having been killed in fighting.</p>
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