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Spanish police break up Islamic State ‘terrorist cell’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSpanish authorities say they have broken up a “terrorist cell” linked to the Islamic State jihadist group with the arrest of three Moroccan men who aimed to carry out attacks in Madrid.
Police arrest the trio, legal residents of Spain between the ages of 26 and 29, in pre-dawn raids in two neighborhoods of Madrid, the Interior Ministry says in a statement.
“National police broke up in Madrid an active jihadist terrorist cell,” it says.
The ministry says that authorities acted quickly to detain the men because “their reactions were very unpredictable” and they had “manifested their clear willingness to carry out an attack in Madrid.”
Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz tells Spanish radio that, “Their goal was to act in Spain.”
— AFP
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