The Spanish Guardia Civil arrested four people accused of forming a network dedicated to the recruitment of young women for Islamic jihadist group state through internet, announced yesterday the Interior Ministry.
Two of the defendants were arrested in Melilla, Spanish colony in Africa, accused of being “responsible for the creation and administration” of various internet platforms that broadcast “all kinds of propaganda material to terrorist groups” , including EI, says the ministry in a statement.
“Both men, who were aligned with the strategy of the terrorist group EI, were dedicated to the recruitment of women who, after due process of indoctrination, just integrated into this terrorist group,” added the government.
According to the Ministry, recruiters also organized “private meetings in homes” to convince potential guerrillas, some of which “would already have begun prior preparation for moving” to areas of conflict, but did not specify the number.
“One detainee administered a virtual community where propaganda material was edited” EI that “had more of thousand followers and a great impact on areas of Spain with high rate of radicalization Islamist “Interior said in the statement.
” In the social network Facebook also had many supporters outside of Spain, in particular in Latin America and in other countries like Belgium, France, Pakistan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, USA, Turkey and Tunisia, “he said.
The links between these two arrested and two others arrested in the Catalan provinces of Barcelona and Gerona (northeastern Spain), are being studied by the Civil Guard.
One of the detainees in Catalonia “was defined in a report by CNN as a supporter of the Islamic State” says the ministry, describing it as “a prototypical profile Actor alone, ie had spent consuming filoterrorista propaganda during intense proselytism “.
The other alleged spread to recruit new jihadists audiovisual materials, according to the ministry. The Civil Guard raided the homes of both.
Man arrested in Barcelona was a 36 year old Moroccan who lived in Spain since I was eight. The boy lived in a modest neighborhood of Sant Vicenç dels Horts, 20 km from the Catalan capital, with his family.
The police, who did not specify which of the two profiles matched the detainee explained his family that the young man was suspected of having spread through internet material related to jihad.
“He published photos related to Islam but nothing to do with terrorism. It is a lie that is terrorist. For him, Islam is peace, “said his brother.
The jihadists would be about 550
In recent months, the Spanish authorities dismantled several networks Islamists, especially in their enclaves in North Africa, Ceuta and Melilla, the only land border between Europe and Africa.
According to authorities, a hundred Spaniards have incroporado the “jihadi militias” in Iraq or Syria, a relatively low figure compared to thousands of guerrillas emerged from France, UK and Germany.
Another concern of Western authorities is the march of young women to join the EI that, according to estimate in January of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in London, and would be 550.
Morocco, which recently strengthened its anti-terrorism legislation, does not hide his concern about this phenomenon as more than 2,000 of its citizens They joined the ranks of groups like the US.
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