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MONTREAL – An east-end Montreal college is gaining a reputation as a breeding ground for jihadis after four of its students were arrested at the airport Friday, allegedly on the verge of taking off to join an overseas terror group.

The latest arrests bring to 11 the number of Collège Maisonneuve students who since January have either left to join jihadi groups overseas or have been arrested on suspicion of planning to leave.

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The four were among 10 students from various CEGEPS — post-secondary institutions unique to Quebec — and high schools arrested at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport Friday, the college confirmed. They are “suspected of wanting to leave the country to join jihadist groups,” the RCMP said in a statement.

They had their passports confiscated and were released without charge. The police said they spoke to the families and friends of those arrested and the investigation is ongoing.