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Crime

Suspected jihadist in Granada is among four arrested in Spain today As part of nationwide anti-terror operation following attacks in France and Belgium

October 20, 2023 Laurence Dollimore  

(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 […]

News: Europe

Spain marks five years since Catalonia jihadist attacks

August 17, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A ceremony was held in Barcelona on Wednesday in memory of 16 people killed in jihadist attacks in the Spanish city and a nearby resort exactly five years ago. Dozens of people observed a minute’s silence on the tree-lined Las Ramblas […]

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 […]

Law Enforcement

Alleged jihadist detained in seaside town of Cambrils Prisoner was frequently in contact with active terrorists and sought new followers

December 3, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(Catalan News) Spanish police detained an alleged jihadist in the seaside town of Cambrils, in southern Catalonia, on Wednesday, as was announced this Friday. He had purportedly been trying to entice new followers using social media. According to authorities, he was in […]

Legal

Man jailed for Catalonia attacks out on parole

September 21, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A Spanish court on Tuesday granted parole to one of the men convicted for his role in the 2017 attacks in Catalonia that claimed 16 lives. The special court responsible for terrorism cases ordered the conditional release of Said Ben Iazza, […]

News: Europe

Spain marks 4th anniversary of deadly Catalonia attacks

August 17, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Barcelona staged a low-key ceremony on Tuesday in memory of the 16 people who died during attacks in the Spanish city and a nearby resort four years ago. Wearing face masks and maintaining social distance because of the pandemic, dozens of […]

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 […]

News: Europe

Spain marks third anniversary of deadly Catalonia attacks

August 17, 2020 Josep Lago  

(AFP) A ceremony was held in Barcelona on Monday in memory of the 16 people who died during attacks in the Spanish city and a nearby resort three years ago. Wearing face masks and maintaining social distance because of the pandemic, dozens […]

Law Enforcement

Terrorist ‘planned to target Barcelona vs Real Madrid with drone carrying explosives’ (LINK ONLY)

May 18, 2020 EoI News  

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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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Crime

Spain: Catalonia’s continuing jihad problem

January 22, 2019 Soeren Kern  

(Gatestone) Police in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia arrested 18 members of a jihadi cell plotting an attack in Barcelona — and then released all but three. The arrests have drawn renewed attention to the continuing problem of radical Islam in […]

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