18 Nov, 2017 @ 14:32
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Spain refuses to comment on reports that imam behind Barcelona terror attack was an informer for government

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THE government has refused to comment on reports that the imam behind the Barcelona terror attacks was once an intelligence agency informer.

El Pais reported that Abdelbaki Es Satty was an informer for the CNI service at least while he was jailed 2010-2014 for drug offences.

The report said the intelligence service made contact with him because he had had previous contact with jihadis.

 

Government spokesman Inigo Mendez de Vigo said Friday he couldn’t comment because there was a secrecy order on the investigation.

Es Satty was killed at his bomb-making workshop days before the Aug. 17-18 attacks. All of the cell’s members were either killed or jailed.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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