Spanish police arrested 14 suspected Pakistani jihadists in several provinces

Spanish security authorities busted a suspected jihadist network based in several provinces of Spain in country-wide CT operations arresting a total of 14 individuals.

 All of the detainees are of Pakistani origin. The operation has taken place in several Spanish cities, with seven arrested in Barcelona, one in Lleida, one in Malaga, two in Gipuzkoa, two in Valencia and one in Logroño.

Currently, Spain's terrorist alert level is four, one below the highest level of five.

These arrests come after a similar anti-terror operation carried out by the national Police on October 20 which resulted in the arrest of four suspected jihadists for ‘proselytism and jihadist recruitment’.

The arrests took place in the Granada municipality of Huetor-Tajar, Cubelles in Barcelona, ​​and Madrid, with the four detained for ‘proselytism and jihadist recruitment’.

A man nicknamed the ‘Caliph’ was among those arrested. According to the authorities, he was the: ‘creator and administrator of several groups in which he tried to indoctrinate young people in the jihadist creed’.

Two of those detained in the operation were a married couple who had apparently been brought together after joining one of these online social media groups. The fourth was said to have been an ‘indoctrinated’ individual.