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Spanish police arrest 19-year-old girl for suspected Jihadism

Xinhua, April 5, 2017 Adjust font size:

Spanish police on Wednesday arrested a 19-year-old woman in the town of Terrassa, close to Barcelona, on charges of recruitment and incitement of others to join the Islamic State (DAESH).

Spokesman for the Interior at the Catalan regional assembly said the arrested was born in Morocco, but had spent many years living in Spain.

According to the spokesman, the girl had carried out "intense activity" on social media, including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other "more private accounts in order to avoid detection," in which she "incited jihadism" and "violence in public spaces."

And the girl had "been in contact" with other suspected jihadists who had been arrested in the Catalan region in the north-east of Spain, said the spokesman.

He added that the Catalan regional police have carried out "two operations" against presumed jihadist sympathizers in 15 days. Endit