Tag: terrorism
Breaking: Fugitive reportedly linked to Jihadi killer in Belgium is arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A FUGITIVE with alleged links to the man who carried out a terrorist attack in Belgium on October 16 has been arrested in Benahavis,...
Spain is monitoring 12 known Jihadists who have returned from Syria and Iraq and who represent ‘one of the...
SPAIN is on high alert for 12 known Jihadists in the country after recent terror attacks in France and Belgium.
According to the Department for...
Madrid regional government to dismantle monument to 2004 train bombings to make way for new one
THE MADRID regional government will next month begin work to dismantle the monument in Atocha station commemorating the victims of the 2004 terrorist attacks...
‘Get Txapote to vote for you’: The slogan about ETA that is plaguing the prime minister and victims alike...
“QUE TE vote Txapote.” Roughly translated: Get Txapote to vote for you. This seemingly innocent Spanish phrase, which is nice and catchy thanks to...
ETA victims call on Spain’s Congress to ban convicted terrorists from public office
TERRORISM victims have called on Spain’s Congress of Deputies to ensure that convicted members of now-defunct Basque terrorist group ETA cannot hold public office.
Speaking...
Prosecutor at Spain’s High Court shelves bid to have former ETA terrorists banned from running in elections
THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR in Spain’s High Court has shelved a lawsuit aimed at stopping 44 convicted terrorists from running in the upcoming local and...
Spain’s prime minister and opposition leader clash over ETA in first face-to-face debate of the election campaign
AFTER a decades-long bloody campaign for an independent Basque Country, terrorist group ETA was officially dissolved in 2018. But the shadow of the organisation...
Spain’s prime minister calls plan to include 44 convicted members of ETA terror group on election lists ‘indecent’
SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has slammed a decision by Basque political party EH Bildu to include 44 convicted members of now-defunct terrorist organisation...
Suspect in deadly Algeciras church attack told police he had been ‘chosen’ by Allah
THE SUSPECTED jihadist who killed a church assistant and injured several others in the southern Spanish city of Algeciras in January told police officers...
Terror suspect who hacked priest to death with machete in Spain’s Andalucia sent to Sevilla psychiatric ward
A JUDGE has sent the Moroccan man accused of the terrorist attack that killed a priest in Spain’s Andalusia to a psychiatric ward in...
Spain’s Civil Guard busts clandestine bomb factory containing 500 kilos of explosive material
SPAIN’S Civil Guard has busted a clandestine bomb factory in Montmajo in Barcelona province, where they found nearly 500 kilos of materials for making...
Spain’s prime minister dedicates ‘heartfelt remembrance’ to victims on anniversary of March 11 bombings
SPANISH PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez yesterday dedicated ‘heartfelt remembrance’ to the victims of the Madrid terrorist attacks that took place on March 11, 2004
He...
Alleged right-wing extremist Kristofer Kearney, who was extradited to the UK from Spain, enters guilty pleas
AN ALLEGED right-wing British extremist who used to live in Spain’s Alicante has admitted to a UK court that he shared a stash of...
Spain’s Defence Ministry evacuated after two suspicious packages detected
THE SPANISH Defence Ministry in Madrid was evacuated on Wednesday after two suspicious packages were detected.
Official sources told online daily El Confidencial that on...
Alleged terrorist in Girona searched online how to carry out stabbing attack day of arrest
An alleged radicalised jihadist arrested in Girona was searching online how to carry out mass stabbings just moments before police stormed his address.
Police said...
Twitter hate page predicted horror machete attack in Algeciras with mystery tweet
Security forces are investigating an Algeciras hate page on Twitter after it shockingly published a tweet which pre-empted the horrific machete attack that occurred...
Blow struck against Spain’s far-right radicalisation problem as hundreds of violent websites taken down
Spain’s burgeoning far–right radicalisation problem has been struck a blow after a coordinated operation took down 240 Spanish websites related to terrorist attacks and...
Spain’s Interior Ministry orders police to step up security and counter-terrorism measures over Christmas
SPAIN’S Interior Ministry is to step up security measures over Christmas, in particular in areas where large crowds are expected such as shopping centres,...
Spain’s Civil Guard launches armed air marshal unit for flights deemed high risk
SPAIN’S Civil Guard is launching a new unit of air marshals who will travel armed and in plain clothes on national and international flights,...
Thirteen arrests made in joint Spanish-Moroccan swoop on suspected jihadists
SPAIN’S National Police today arrested 10 people in the North African city of Melilla and one person in the Spanish city of Granada due...
British man extradited from Spain to face far-right terror charges
A British man arrested in Spain and charged with terrorism offences will face court today (September 30).
Kristofer Thomas Kearney, who had been based in...
EXCLUSIVE: Father of slain hero who fought London Bridge terrorists with a skateboard opens heart about sainthood application
THE proud father of a Spanish terrorist victim in London has told how the bravery of his son deserves sainthood.
Describing him as ‘a Colossus,...
Spain fails in latest bid to extradite Mallorca rapper from Belgium
MALLORCAN rapper Josep Miqeul Arenas, known as Valtonyc, has won another Belgian court ruling which has again refused Spain's bid to extradite him.
The Ghent...
EU-funded crime unit arrests five jihadists operating terrorist network in coastal Spain
FIVE suspected terrorists have been arrested in the last two weeks by an EU-funded task force assisting Spain’s Polica Nacional.
Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre...
Arrests in Spain’s Madrid and Tenerife as humanitarian aid for Syrian orphans ‘diverted to finance terrorism’
SPANISH police have arrested three men who allegedly used humanitarian aid for Syrian orphans as a cover to finance terrorism.
Policía Nacional supported by Europol,...
Costa Blanca used clothes dealer goes on trial in Spain for running ISIS terrorist supply operation
A Syrian-born Dutch national has gone on trial in Madrid for running an Alicante clothing company as a front to distribute supplies to ISIS...
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Hair salon of horror: Sheep placenta and cancer-causing cosmetics are discovered by police in Spain during raids on beauty...
A SERIES of hair salons were discovered to be using banned cosmetics made from sheep placenta and other cancer-causing products.
Police inspections of the salons...
