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The Spanish police today arrested four suspected Islamist radicals “jihadis” in the town of Ceuta, Spanish enclave in northern Morocco, confirmed the Ministry of Interior of Spain.
“ The detainees were heavily radicalized and highly trained in the use of weapons and willing to carry out an attack and even sacrifice themselves in the attempt ,” said Interior Minister Jorge Fernández Díaz.
The four suspects are two pairs of brothers Spanish and Moroccan nationality, who are under investigation if they planned to make any attack on Spanish territory.
However, the profile of detainees is “very similar” to the authors of Islamist attacks in Paris in early January, in which 17 people died, “not there” no connection between these arrests and what happened in France indicates the Interior Ministry.
His capture occurs in the latest crackdown on suspects in Ceuta and Melilla, another enclave in northern Morocco, where authorities monitor the activities of extremist cells possible.
The suspects were inspired posted on the Internet by the Islamic State (EI), which controls large swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq messages.
In 2014, the Spanish police arrested 50 suspected jihadists, the statement said.
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Posted: 24/01/2015
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