Dismantled jihadist cell had 'high potential' to attack -Spain's interior minister

Record ID: 909307

  • Title: Dismantled jihadist cell had 'high potential' to attack -Spain's interior minister
  • Date: 6th September 2017
  • Summary: MELILLA, SPAIN (SEPTEMBER 6, 2017) (REUTERS) POLICE VANS PARKED OUTSIDE BUILDING POLICE AT SITE
  • Embargoed: 20th September 2017 12:04
  • Keywords: Spain security jihadist cell Melilla Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido arrests
  • Location: MADRID AND MELILLA, SPAIN
  • City: MADRID AND MELILLA, SPAIN
  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,International/National Security
  • Reuters ID: LVA0056XGL3D3
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Spain's Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido said on Wednesday (September 6) an Islamist cell dismantled by Spanish and Moroccan police had a "high potential of carrying out a terrorist attack".
    Police of both countries arrested five Moroccans and one Spaniard suspected of belonging to an Islamist militant cell which was at an advanced stage of activity and simulated decapitations, Zoido said.
    The arrests mark the first big raids since a double Islamist attack in Catalonia in August that killed 16 people, most of whom were mown down by a van in Barcelona.
    Five of the arrested were Moroccan, one with Spanish residence rights. A Spanish of Moroccan heritage was arrested in the Spanish north African enclave of Melilla, and the rest in Morocco.
    Spanish police have arrested 199 people in the country accused of connections to militant groups since raising the security alert to one notch below the highest level in 2015.
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