Spain wakes up to ‘homegrown’ extremist threat
23 Nov 2014 4:31 AM IST
Spain is fighting a new wave of ‘homegrown’ Islamic extremism, raiding cells and hunting radicals on the internet as scores of Spaniards join ISIS. Ten years after al-Qaeda-inspired bombings on Madrid commuter trains killed 191 people in 2004, Spanish authorities are tackling a new wave of extremists.
‘We are seeing the hatching of homegrown jihadism,’ said Fernando Reinares, one of Spain’s top terrorism experts, at a gathering of specialists in Madrid.‘This is not new in UK and France, but it is new in Spain and Italy.’ Reinares estimates that about 60 jihadists have travelled from Spain to joinISIS in the past three years. Spain’s ambassador in Iraq, said that about 100 Spaniards had joined ‘jihadist militias’ in conflict zones.
‘We are seeing the hatching of homegrown jihadism,’ said Fernando Reinares, one of Spain’s top terrorism experts, at a gathering of specialists in Madrid.‘This is not new in UK and France, but it is new in Spain and Italy.’ Reinares estimates that about 60 jihadists have travelled from Spain to joinISIS in the past three years. Spain’s ambassador in Iraq, said that about 100 Spaniards had joined ‘jihadist militias’ in conflict zones.
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