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Spain arrests eight suspected Islamist militants in dawn raid
Source: Reuters
Spain arrests eight suspected Islamist militants in dawn raid
BY GUSTAU NACARINO
PIERA, Spain Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:48am EDT
(Reuters) - Eight suspected Islamist militants accused of planning attacks in Spain and recruiting fighters to send to Syria and Iraq were arrested in dawn raids across Spain on Friday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The six men and two women were connected to the Islamic State militant group via one of their operatives who organized activity from Syria and Iraq, the ministry said.
All those arrested had Spanish nationality, and five were of Moroccan heritage.
"The group represented a serious and definite threat to national security," the ministry said in a statement, adding that the network aimed to carry out attacks on the mainland.
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BY GUSTAU NACARINO
PIERA, Spain Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:48am EDT
(Reuters) - Eight suspected Islamist militants accused of planning attacks in Spain and recruiting fighters to send to Syria and Iraq were arrested in dawn raids across Spain on Friday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The six men and two women were connected to the Islamic State militant group via one of their operatives who organized activity from Syria and Iraq, the ministry said.
All those arrested had Spanish nationality, and five were of Moroccan heritage.
"The group represented a serious and definite threat to national security," the ministry said in a statement, adding that the network aimed to carry out attacks on the mainland.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/13/us-middeast-crisis-spain-arrests-idUSKBN0M90KE20150313
