The Local reports:
Judges in Madrid questioned the 11 suspects, including a woman and a
17-year-old, who were arrested on Wednesday in Spain's northeastern
Catalonia region.[...]
"They were considering abducting a person in Spain, dressing them in an
orange overall in the style of the group known as Islamic State,
interrogating them and cutting their throat in order to broadcast it" by
video, a source in the investigation told AFP. [...] Gang members had also discussed "abducting the director of a bank branch" for ransom, the source added. [...]
Officials said on Wednesday that five of the suspects were Moroccans, five Spanish and one Paraguayan. [...]
Police investigations revealed that the suspected cell founder, Antonio
Saez Martinez -- dubbed "Ali the Hairdresser" -- told other members he
came close to launching an attack on a Jewish bookshop in Barcelona,
Judge Pedraz wrote.
He allegedly proposed attacks with guns and grenades against synagogues, security forces and the Catalan regional parliament. Police found on his mobile phone photographs of potential targets for
attacks in Barcelona such as a hotel, a police station and a shopping
centre, the ruling said.
The judge said another of the suspects was a "neo-Nazi" [Diego José Frías Álvarez] who was caught
with a hand grenade, knives, guns and ammunition, while another had
material that could be used to make bombs. More.
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