https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spanish and Moroccan authorities have arrested six jihadists who were preparing "large-scale attacks", Spain's interior ministry said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170906/spain-and-morroc-break-up-jihadist-cell-preparing-attack Wed, 06 Sep 2017 12:31:34 +0200 spain-and-morroc-break-up-jihadist-cell-preparing-attack A man held in a Spanish anti-jihadist raid was spotted in September in front of a Barcelona concert hall where the band that was playing during the Bataclan attack in Paris was due to perform, police said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170427/jihadi-suspect-held-in-barcelona-spotted-at-eagles-of-death-metal-concert Thu, 27 Apr 2017 11:17:17 +0200 jihadi-suspect-held-in-barcelona-spotted-at-eagles-of-death-metal-concert Catalan police have arrested eight people including suspected members of a jihadi group linked to last year’s suicide bomb attacks in Brussels’ airport and subway. https://www.thelocal.es/20170425/jihadist-suspects-arrested-in-barcelona-over-links-to-brussels-attack Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:12:54 +0200 jihadist-suspects-arrested-in-barcelona-over-links-to-brussels-attack A Swede who took police on a high-speed chase through Barcelona at the wheel of a stolen truck full of gas cylinders had partied hard the previous night, local authorities said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170222/not-a-terrorist-swede-stole-truck-in-barcelona-after-wild-night-partying Wed, 22 Feb 2017 14:17:52 +0100 not-a-terrorist-swede-stole-truck-in-barcelona-after-wild-night-partying Spanish police have arrested two men accused of plotting to carry out an Isis-inspired attack in Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20160926/two-jihadists-arrested-in-spain-planning-isis Mon, 26 Sep 2016 13:06:22 +0200 two-jihadists-arrested-in-spain-planning-isis Officers seized thousands of uniforms and other military gear on the way to terror groups Isis and al-Nusra Front. https://www.thelocal.es/20160304/police-intercept-20000-uniforms-destined-for-isis-spain-spanish Fri, 04 Mar 2016 09:52:47 +0100 police-intercept-20000-uniforms-destined-for-isis-spain-spanish The man, who was travelling with an Irish passport, is wanted by authorities in the US for being part of an al-Qaeda cell suspected of planning an attack on a Swedish cartoonist. https://www.thelocal.es/20151211/jihadist-arrested-in-spain-suspected-of-planning-attack-on-swedish-cartoonist Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:26:17 +0100 jihadist-arrested-in-spain-suspected-of-planning-attack-on-swedish-cartoonist The Spanish National Police reported on Friday that they had arrested a woman at Málaga airport upon her arrival back in Spain after allegedly trying to join Isis. https://www.thelocal.es/20151106/police-detain-female-isis-recruit-at-malaga-airport Fri, 06 Nov 2015 16:08:57 +0100 police-detain-female-isis-recruit-at-malaga-airport Two political leaders of the Basque separatist group Eta have been arrested in southern France, the Spanish interior minister said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150922/two-leaders-of-basque-terrorist-group-eta-arrested-in-france Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:03:26 +0200 two-leaders-of-basque-terrorist-group-eta-arrested-in-france Spanish police arrested on Tuesday a woman on the Canary Islands suspected of recruiting girls and teenagers for the Islamic State group, the interior ministry said. https://www.thelocal.es/20150707/spain-detains-suspected-female-isis-recruiter Tue, 07 Jul 2015 13:58:20 +0200 spain-detains-suspected-female-isis-recruiter A German-American foreign policy expert warned that Spain is at a heightened risk of radical jihadists, even as the government continues its crackdown on suspected terrorists. https://www.thelocal.es/20150609/expert-spain-in-the-eye-of-the-storm-of-jihad Tue, 09 Jun 2015 14:58:10 +0200 expert-spain-in-the-eye-of-the-storm-of-jihad The Basque government has been forced to apologize after mistakenly listing the Civil Guard police force as a terrorist group on a website aimed at providing information on victims. https://www.thelocal.es/20150520/civil-guard-included-in-basque-country-terrorist-list Wed, 20 May 2015 17:15:40 +0200 civil-guard-included-in-basque-country-terrorist-list The lead vocalist of a rap rock band was among 19 people arrested on Tuesday for threatening politicians, writing disparaging messages about terrorism victims and glorifying terrorist groups, all on social networks. https://www.thelocal.es/20150519/more-than-20-detained-for-online-terrorist-threats Tue, 19 May 2015 18:46:48 +0200 more-than-20-detained-for-online-terrorist-threats Eta terrorist responsible for 22 murders will be extradited back to Spain from the UK, a judge ruled. https://www.thelocal.es/20150415/notorius-eta-killer-extradited-from-uk-to-spain Wed, 15 Apr 2015 10:57:41 +0200 notorius-eta-killer-extradited-from-uk-to-spain One of the most wanted members of the armed Basque separatist group ETA was arrested Monday in southwestern France, officials said. https://www.thelocal.es/20150324/one-of-eta-most-wanted-held-in-france Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:51:14 +0100 one-of-eta-most-wanted-held-in-france The Spanish couple who survived the terrorist attack in Tunisia spent 17 hours hiding in a cleaning cupboard within the Bardo museum after hearing gunshots. https://www.thelocal.es/20150320/survivors-hid-in-bardo-cleaning-cupboard Fri, 20 Mar 2015 12:06:44 +0100 survivors-hid-in-bardo-cleaning-cupboard A Moroccan court sentenced a former Spanish soldier to eight years in jail Friday for heading a cell that planned to carry out "terrorist acts" in the north African kingdom, the MAP news agency reported. https://www.thelocal.es/20150220/spanish-ex-soldier-jihadist-is-jailed Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:57:00 +0100 spanish-ex-soldier-jihadist-is-jailed One of the most notorious Basque terrorists has been tracked down to his tropical hideout in Venezuela after more than six years on the run. https://www.thelocal.es/20150216/notorious-eta-killer-found-in-venezuela Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:38:00 +0100 notorious-eta-killer-found-in-venezuela Spanish security forces launched pre-dawn raids on Friday to break up a jihadist cell in Spain's north African territory of Melilla, arresting six suspects, the government said. https://www.thelocal.es/20140530/spain-terrorrist-cell-melilla-mujao-mali-lybia Fri, 30 May 2014 14:36:00 +0200 spain-terrorrist-cell-melilla-mujao-mali-lybia Three people were killed, including a male and female suicide bomber, and 15 wounded in late Saturday's attack on a restaurant popular with Westerners in central Djibouti, local media said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140526/three-spaniards-injured-in Mon, 26 May 2014 11:55:18 +0200 three-spaniards-injured-in