The national police arrested a radicalised Spanish convert in Madrid who was in possession of manuals on how to make explosives.
The initial evidence was a backpack found in a locker in a shopping centre, containing numerous documents in support of DAESH, notes on how to make explosives, a knife and nunchucks.
Investigations proved that it belonged to the detainee, who had already been arrested by the National Police in December 2020 for glorifying and promoting terrorism. […]
Thanks to the assistance of citizens, a suspicious backpack was discovered in the locker of a shopping centre in March. A citizen reported the backpack to the mall’s security staff, who informed the national police about the backpack. […]
The national police maintained monitoring of the person due to his high level of radicalisation. Counter-terrorism experts had found that the person continued to align himself with DAESH views and advocated the most radical precepts of jihadism.
In December 2020, he had been arrested by the national police for spreading jihadist material on the internet. In his numerous posts on social media, he praised the appearance of jihadist fighters and even expressed his desire to travel to Syria, more specifically to the city of Idlib, to join the fight.
The officers arrested him on Wednesday at a house where he was staying, thus eliminating the threat he posed. The arrested man was taken to prison on the orders of the head of the 6th Investigative Court of the Audiencia Nacional. […] Policía Nacional
