European Union law was used to prevent the Spanish government deporting Catalonia terror mastermind imam Abdelbaki Es Satty, because a judge determined he did not pose a “serious threat to national security”.
More than half a million people marched through the streets of Barcelona on Saturday to protest against terrorism and in solidarity with the victims of multiple attacks committed by a jihadist cell in August.
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities shared information with Belgium more than a year ago about the alleged cell leader in last week’s Spain attacks, but didn’t have any details at the time to indicate he was dangerous, officials said Thursday.
BARCELONA (AFP) – Barcelona will boost police patrols at tourist sites including the iconic Sagrada Familia church and major sports and cultural events in the wake of last week’s deadly vehicle attacks in Spain, officials said Wednesday.
A Moroccan arrested in connection with the Barcelona terror attacks has said his Islamist cell aimed to kill hundreds and strike numerous iconic Christian and tourists sites.
MADRID (AP) — An extremist cell was preparing bombs for an imam who planned to blow himself up at a Barcelona monument, a key suspect in the attacks that killed 15 people in northeastern Spain told a judge Tuesday, according to a judicial official.
Reports suggest Abdelbaki Es Satty, the imam thought to have acted as the Barcelona terror attack’s mastermind, should have been deported from Spain in 2014 after completing a prison sentence — but judges accepted this would breach his human rights.
The satirical French magazine has stirred controversy once again after releasing a new issue with a cover showing a van running over pedestrians and the caption: “Islam is the religion of peace… eternal.”
The imam thought to have masterminded the deadly Barcelona terror attacks shared a flat with an al Qaeda terror recruiter and had links to the 2004 Islamist bombings in Madrid, the Spanish press has reported.
Spanish police shot dead Younes Abouyaaqoub Monday afternoon, meaning that all known members of the terror cell that perpetrated last week’s deadly attack have now been killed or arrested by the security services.
The suspected terrorist driver in the Barcelona van attack is thought to have used Europe’s open borders to leave Spain and go on the run.
One in three British Jews have become so fearful of anti-Semitic attacks that they have considered moving abroad, and four in five believe that the Labour Party harbours anti-Semites in its ranks.
