This Article is From Sep 26, 2016

Spanish Police Arrest Two Accused Of Supporting Islamist Terrorists

Spanish Police Arrest Two Accused Of Supporting Islamist Terrorists

One is accused of helping the other in his attempts to travel to the war zone in Syria.(Representational)

Madrid: Spanish police have arrested two Moroccan men accused of supporting Islamist terrorists and potentially planning an attack on European soil, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.

The ministry said one of the accused had planned on joining the ISIS in Syria and had travelled to the country's border with Turkey to meet a member of the organisation to be trained before returning to Europe to take part in an attack.

The man was arrested by Turkish police before crossing the border and was returned to Spain once released where he continued efforts to join the terrorist group, the ministry said.

The other man is accused of helping the first in his attempts to travel to the war zone in Syria and of training him after he returned to Spain.

The accused are residents in the southern Spanish city of Murcia and the northern city of Valladolid.
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