Spanish police crackdown on suspected Islamists
Spanish police say they may have prevented a terrorist attack in http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2703. They were detained in overnight raids in the city as part of an extensive investigation.
Spain’s interior minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said 12 Pakistanis and two Indian nationals were being held. He said it was “a well-organised group, who went beyond ideological radicalism to acquiring materials to make explosives.” “Their aim was to carry out violent attacks,” he added.The operation targeted locations in Barcelona’s central Raval district. It included one location that serves as a mosque. Surveillance of mosques has increased since the Madrid train bombings.
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