Provisional prison for the jihadist arrested in Palma
The suspect intended to commit a large-scale action according to the National Police
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PalmThe National Court has ordered the provisional imprisonment of the man arrested last Wednesday in Palma in an operation against jihadist terrorism. The suspect, who according to the National Police "intended to commit an action of great magnitude", has been brought before the court this Friday as the alleged perpetrator of crimes of terrorist indoctrination and self-indoctrination.
The magistrate, according to sources close to the investigation confirmed to Europa Press, has ordered his provisional prison entry while investigations advance. The operation was carried out jointly by the National Police and the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) of Morocco and resulted in the arrest of three people, one in Palma and two more in Tangier.
The three suspects, according to the Moroccan Central Office for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), formed a terrorist cell affiliated with the terrorist organization Daesh (Islamic State).
The detainee in Palma "intended to commit a large-scale action and consumed and disseminated material from the terrorist organization Daesh on his social media profiles", according to the police.
Moroccan security forces indicated that the two members of the cell detained in Morocco would be involved in the financing and logistical support of active terrorist fighters within the branches of the Daesh organization in the sub-Saharan Sahel region and in Somalia.
In this regard, the alleged leader of this cell arrested in Mallorca is linked to the planning for "the execution of a terrorist attack in Spain following the operational method of individual terrorism".