Spanish police arrest Muslim brothers plotting jihad; “many parallels” with Charlie Hebdo jihad massacre
January 24, 2015 1:20 pm By Robert Spencer 9 Comments
Spain jihadistsNot that this has anything to do with Islam. “Spanish Police Arrest Brothers Suspected of Planning Jihad,” Reuters, January 24, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller):
MADRID — The police in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta arrested four men on Saturday suspected of belonging to a militant Islamist network that may have been planning an attack in Spain, the Interior Ministry said.
Spain has stepped up security as well as efforts to prevent the radicalization of young Muslim citizens after attacks in Paris this month in which Islamist gunmen killed 17 people.
Confirming the arrests, Interior Minister Jorge Fernández Díaz said, “They are two pairs of brothers, highly radicalized and highly trained.”
Mr. Díaz said there were “many parallels” with the two brothers who attacked the Paris office of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo this month. He did not elaborate.
The newspaper El Mundo quoted Mr. Díaz as saying that the four detained brothers were of Moroccan origin but held Spanish citizenship. In searches carried out during the arrests, the police found combat gear and knives, he added.
Earlier, the Interior Ministry released a short statement saying that the police were investigating whether the four men had been planning an attack in Spain. The authorities in Ceuta, an autonomous Spanish city bordering Morocco, declined to comment.
People close to the investigation told the newspaper El País that the investigation had started two weeks ago when one of the four posted a video on his Facebook page showing him providing military training and urging others to wage jihad.
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