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Woman arrested in Spain for helping IS

Xinhua, September 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

A 19-year-old woman from the northeastern city of Figueres, Spain was arrested on Monday on charges of supporting DAESH (the self-declared Islamic State).

The woman was arrested by Spanish national police for allegedly establishing a support network for DAESH members and affiliates. She allegedly sent fighters to the areas under DAESH control through safe routes and gave them advice about security measures they had to take into account to avoid being caught.

She was also thought to have conversed with people who had radical social media profiles and helped spread DAESH ideas and terrorist attacks online.

The detention follows another one of Saturday when an 18-year old woman was arrested in Gandia, Valencia, for spreading the ideas of DAESH and its activities, and helping recruiting other women to join the organization.

Spain's Minister of Interior, Jorge Fernandez Diaz, assured the public that Spain would not "let down its guard" and highlighted that Spanish security forces in charge of fighting terrorism had arrested more than 70 people for allegedly having links with jihadism and particularly with DAESH. Endit