Spain arrests Moroccan brothers suspected of financing "Islamic State" | News | DW.COM | 27.07.2016
Spanish police on Wednesday arrested two Moroccan brothers, aged 33 and 22, in the northeastern city of Girona for helping finance the "Islamic State" (IS) militant group's operations in Syria and Iraq, Spain's interior ministry said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Moroccan authorities arrested 52 suspected accused of planning to set up a branch of IS in the North African country.
The arrests foiled "terrorist plots at a very advanced stage of preparation on prisons, security establishments, festivals and leisure centers in several cities of Morocco, apart from assassinations of security officials, soldiers and tourists," the Moroccan interior ministry said.
Spanish police on Wednesday arrested two Moroccan brothers, aged 33 and 22, in the northeastern city of Girona for helping finance the "Islamic State" (IS) militant group's operations in Syria and Iraq, Spain's interior ministry said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Moroccan authorities arrested 52 suspected accused of planning to set up a branch of IS in the North African country.
The arrests foiled "terrorist plots at a very advanced stage of preparation on prisons, security establishments, festivals and leisure centers in several cities of Morocco, apart from assassinations of security officials, soldiers and tourists," the Moroccan interior ministry said.
