The Islamic State terror mastermind allegedly behind the recruitment of more than 160 girls, including the two Austrian jihad "poster girls," was arrested last month, UK MailOnline reported.
Ebu Tejma, who lived with his pregnant wife and five children, was arrested after heavily-armed police special force team WEGA stormed through a council flat in Vienna, Austria, on Nov. 28, police authorities said, adding that his house was discovered to be stuffed with jewelry, cash and savings worth a fortune.
For the past two years, intelligence officials had been tapping the 33-year-old suspect's communications, monitoring his phone calls and building up a picture of his network before making the arrest and charging him with suspicion of membership of a terrorist organization, in "connection with the recruiting of young people for the civil war in Syria," state prosecutor Hansjoerg Bacher said.
Earlier this year, 16-year-old Samra Kesinovic and 15-year-old Sabina Selimovic went missing from their homes in the Austrian capital Vienna. Soon after, they posted disturbing images of themselves dressed in traditional Muslim clothing while surrounded by armed men, branding Kalashnikov rifles.
The pair's disappearance sparked immediate panic, with Austrian media dubbing the two girls as the public face for the call to jihad. Now, it is being alleged that the girls had been radicalized by the 33-year-old hate preacher.
Tejma, whose real name is Mirsad Omerovic, was also allegedly involved in helping 166 other girls escape and join the ISIS militants through his extended network across the country, including Europe, according to security forces.
Apart from being deemed as one of the leading jihadists, Tejma was also a leader of the so called "Bosnian cell" based in the Meidling district of Vienna which was "one of the most important logistic and financial support centers for jihadist activities in Europe," according to Vecernje Novosti, a local newspaper in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Originally from the small Serbian town of Tutin, Tejma appeared on the Austrian anti-terrorism radar more than three years ago after he began uploading videos onto his YouTube channel, according to UK MailOnline.
"There was scarcely a single recruit in Europe for Jihad in which he and his group was not involved," The Krone, an influential Austrian newspaper, reported.
Currently, the 33-year-old has been remanded in custody for a further two weeks while the investigations continue.
