(Local) Spain’s Interior Ministry has denied that Spain has raised its terror alert level amid fears of an imminent attack.
You may have seen headlines in the British and Irish press this week warning tourists that Spain has “raised” its terror alert level to “severe” and is boosting police presence at holiday hotspots.
Only one of these “facts” is true but as we will explain here, isn’t as alarming as it sounds. The other — that Spain has raised its terror alert — is fake news as some would say.
This summer, as it has in previous summers, Spain’s Interior Ministry announced its security plans to keep holiday hotspots around Spain safe from the general threat of terrorism.
