Arrested seven suspected jihadists because of its relationship with DAESH

USPA NEWS - The Spanish Police arrested on Sunday in Alicante and Valencia, on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, and Ceuta, on the North African coast, seven people for their alleged links to terrorist organizations Jabhat Nusra and DAESH.

Four of the detainees have Spanish nationality but are originally from Syria, Jordan and Morocco, while the other two residents in Spain are Syrian and Moroccan nationality. According to the acting Spanish Minister of Interior, Jorge Fernandez Diaz, the detainees were in charge of "providing logistical material" to both terrorist organizations, sending military equipment disguised as humanitarian aid. Shipments originated in Spanish ports of the Mediterranean coast, between guns, machine guns, grenade launchers and rifles were, according to Fernandez Diaz.

With these arrests, the number of suspected jihadists arrested in Spain during 2015 and so far in 2016 stands at 83. The Spanish Police and Civil Guard are on alert level 4 with the terrorist threat, which in the past weeks has resulted in several statements of DAESH calling his followers to commit attacks in France, Italy, UK and Spain. The jihadist threat also aims to commit large massive attacks in those countries. Nevertheless, the Spanish Government insists that now there is no more danger than before suffering terrorist attacks.