MADRID, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- A Moroccan man aged 21 has been arrested in Vitoria in Northern Spain on charges of planning attack in Spain with another terrorist, the Spanish Interior Ministry informed on Tuesday.
The jihadist, who belonged to terrorist group Islamic State (IS), also allegedly recruited terrorists for jihad, according to Spanish police.
Police said the Moroccan man experienced a drastic change in his habits of life and in his manifestations, who moved to extremist Salafist postulates, and even defended in social networks violent actions perpetrated by terrorist organizations, especially DAESH.
He contacted with another terrorist who was arrested in 2017 in Morocco for intending to attack in Spain, while inciting him to commit these massacres with audiovisual material about the terrorist organization DAESH.
Spanish police highlighted that the cooperation between Spain and Morocco was also key to dismantling the intentions of the arrested.
"The cooperation, along with the permanent alert of both countries in prevention, detection and neutralization of potential terrorist elements, is fruitful. These operations allow us to deactivate this type of threats on both sides," said the police.
This new arrest shows the special attention that Spain pays to jihadism. Since the country raised its Antiterrorist Alert Level to 4 out of 5 in 2015, the security forces have arrested 297 jihadists.
