MADRID (Sputnik) — On Wednesday, Spanish police arrested 11 people, including a woman and a minor, for alleged connections with the Islamic State terrorist group.
Among the extremists’ targets the newspaper mentions Placa de Catalunya, one of the central squares of Barcelona, Arenas shopping center, the Catalan police commissariat, the parliament of autonomy, all in Barcelona, and the police headquarters in the town of Sabadell.
During the searches, pictures of these locations were found among the detainees' belongings.
The detained are citizens of Morocco, Spain and Paraguay.
In March, Spain arrested eight people, five of whom were of Moroccan descent, who were members of the jihadist group and allegedly tried to recruit young Spanish nationals into the ranks of Islamic State.
Spain is a member of the US-led coalition currently fighting against ISIL militants.
