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Children & Teens

The metamorphosis of jihadism in Spain The current Islamist threat includes more women, more minors and variations in the sociological profile of terrorists compared to 2004

March 12, 2024 Óscar López-Fonseca  

(El País) Spain has changed in the last two decades. So has the jihadist threat. Ever since 10 backpack bombs exploded on four Madrid commuter trains on March 11, 2004, killing 192 people and wounding nearly 2,000, security forces have carried out […]

Children & Teens

Madrid imam, Arabic teacher arrested for ‘radicalising minors’

December 7, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Spanish police said Thursday they had arrested a 44-year-old imam who worked as an Arabic teacher and used his position “to radicalise minors” and recruit possible Islamic State (IS) members. The Guardia Civil police force said the suspect was arrested on […]

Legal

Spain reduces sentences for two convicted over Catalonia attacks

July 13, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A Spanish court Wednesday reduced by ten years the sentences of two out of three people convicted over 2017 attacks in Catalonia that killed 16 people, it said. Mohamed Houli Chemlal, a 25-year-old with Spanish nationality, was handed a reduced sentence […]

Legal

Spain jails men who aided Barcelona attackers

May 27, 2021 Hazel Ward  

(AFP) A Spanish court on Thursday handed jail terms of up to 53 years to three men who helped the jihadists behind the 2017 Barcelona attacks that killed 16 people. The Islamic State (IS) group claimed the bloodshed of August 17-18, 2017, […]

Legal

Judges mull verdict in Barcelona attacks trial

February 17, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Spanish judges on Wednesday began deliberating a verdict in the trial of three men accused of helping the jihadists behind the 2017 attacks in Barcelona and a nearby town that killed 16. The Islamic State (IS) group took responsibility for the […]

News: Europe

Jihadism in Spain: a silent but real threat

December 9, 2020 Alvaro Villalobos  

(AFP) Europe’s latest jihadist attacks may have targeted France and Austria, but Spain, like the rest of the continent, remains within the sights of extremists and the threat level is still “severe,” experts say. The issue has returned to the headlines in […]

Legal

Trio on trial for aiding 2017 Barcelona attackers

November 10, 2020 Alvaro Villalobos and Daniel Silva  

(AFP) Three men went on trial Tuesday for helping the jihadists behind the 2017 attacks in Barcelona and a nearby town that killed 16 people and left 140 wounded. The Islamic State group took responsibility for the August 17-18 bloodshed, including a […]

Legal

Trio on trial for helping Barcelona jihadist attack cell

November 6, 2020 Daniel Bosque and Alvaro Villalobos  

(AFP) Three men go on trial at Spain’s top criminal court Tuesday for helping the perpetrators of twin jihadist attacks in 2017 that killed 16 in Barcelona and a nearby seaside town. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the bloodshed which […]

Legal

Barcelona attack cell to go on trial in November

September 23, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Three men face trial at Spain’s top criminal court on November 10 over their involvement in the 2017 attacks in Barcelona and a nearby resort that killed 16 people, judicial sources said on Wednesday. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for […]

Clerics & Preachers

Spanish intelligence knew of terror cell ahead of Barcelona attack, say reports (LINK ONLY)

July 17, 2019 EoI News  

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