(Olive Press) Spanish authorities have deported a Chechen national who was suspected of being the head of a jihadist cell planning attacks in Spain. German Bagaev was arrested in January in a Barcelona prison while already serving time for shooting two people […]
(Olive Press) A Moroccan man has been arrested in Alicante province on suspicion of being involved in recruiting terrorists and glorifying terrorism. The alleged jihadist was detained in Teulada by the Policia Nacional and refused bail by a court. Investigations started a […]
(Olive Press) The largest recruiter of jihadist terrorists in Europe was arrested by Spanish police today. Mustafa Maya Amaya was caught during an anti-terror operation by the Policia Nacional in Melilla. Amaya, a Spaniard of Belgian origin who converted to Islam, is […]
(Olive Press) A suspected jihadist has been arrested in Andalucia as Spain intensifies its anti-terror operations following attacks in France and Belgium. The 22-year-old was cuffed following a raid on his home in Huetor Tajar, Granada, on Friday [morning]. According to news […]
(Olive Press) A 41-year-old suspected terrorist has been arrested in Elche by the Guardia Civil. The man, a Norwegian national of Iraqi descent, was detained in the La Hoya area. He had lived there with a woman and two children for around […]
(Olive Press) Three prisoners who tried to get fellow inmates in a Murcia jail to join the Daesh/Islamic State terror group have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The men got to know each other while they were serving sentences at the […]
(Olive Press) A young woman who was planning to join jihadist terrorists in Syria has been arrested in Spain. Police say the woman — born and raised in Europe — had been rapidly radicalised and now wanted to join the so-called Islamic […]
(Olive Press) A man has been arrested on the Costa Blanca for recruiting young people to support the Islamic State terror group. Guardia Civil agents detained the 50-year-old Moroccan national in Altea, 10 kilometres north of Benidorm, on Wednesday (October 21). He […]
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