MADRID, Spain, Jan. 24, 2015.- The four suspected jihadists arrested today in the city of Ceuta, Spain , are strongly radicalized, trained and willing to commit attacks and even sacrifice themselves to achieve their purposes, said the Spanish Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz .
These are two pairs of brothers of Spanish nationality and of Moroccan origin, who were arrested this morning in Ceuta , in an operation that gave police dismantled a terrorist cell that had many parallels with the terrorists who bombed the January 7 in Paris against magazine Charlie Hebdo said Diaz minister.
Sources of fighting terrorism detainees identified as Farid Mohammed al Lal his brother and Anwar Mohammed Ali Amzal his brother Rodouan and indicated that although they had not been recruited to fighting in Syria were ready to commit an terrorist action.
The researchers believe that the detainees had strong determination to undermine and psychological preparation, as well as physical and management of weapons, said the minister told reporters.
The four detainees were allegedly active part of the cell and were acting on the instructions of the leader of the terrorist organization jihadist Daesh , known as Islamic State Abu Bker Al Baghdadi, through an aggressive media campaign and media coverage on jihadist forums and websites, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The slogans of Abu Bker Al Baghdadi , which allegedly were detained, focus both on the need to recruit new fighters and send to the conflict zone in Syria and Iraq , and the appropriateness of committing terrorist acts of wide media coverage in any Western country, and particularly European, supporting Daesh.
Given these facts, the police decided to neutralize the potential threat posed to Spain the dismantled cell, given the current situation of risk and the parallels detected authors of the attacks in France, according to sources.
In the police operation, called Jackal , the police conducted two house searches, which seized a 9mm pistol Parabelum, combat uniforms and ski masks, the report said.
Officers also found plates of Spanish vehicles, large machetes, other knives and handguns, hardware and other documentation.
In addition similar to the brothers profile Kouachi who attacked the French satirical weekly, the Spanish intelligence services of the Police noted here matches with other detainees Ceuta .
In this context, the Ministry of Interior made it clear that they were all physically and mentally trained to carry out the Jihad , had taken numerous and complicated security measures when traveling and communications, had access to the acquisition of firearms on the market black and had done internships with them.
They had ultimately determined for use in a potential terrorist attack, concludes the note of Home Office .
The minister recalled that after the attack on January 7 against the French weekly level terror alert was raised with knowledge of what they were threats to Spain and the rest of the EU and the Western community.
We have no greater nor specific level of additional risk, relative to other countries, but obviously we’re not out of that a Menaza , he said.
Today is the first arrests Spain after the attacks in Paris two weeks ago against the drafting of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket, 7 and January 9, respectively.
During 2014, Spanish security forces arrested 40 suspected jihadists , many thanks to the collaboration of Morocco.
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