Catalan and Spanish police arrest four terrorism suspects

One of the individuals is an inmate in a prison in Catalonia

Mossos d'Esquadra and Guardia Civil officers arrest a man in Sant Pere de Ribes as part of an anti-terrorism operation
Mossos d'Esquadra and Guardia Civil officers arrest a man in Sant Pere de Ribes as part of an anti-terrorism operation / Gemma Sánchez Bonel
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January 16, 2024 06:10 PM

Catalan police – the Mossos d'Esquadra – and Spain's Guardia Civil arrested at least four people in a joint operation against suspected jihadist terrorism on Tuesday. 

From 6:30am, police entered and searched properties in three Catalan towns – Rubí (Vallès Occidental), Martorell (Baix Llobregat), and Sant Pere de Ribes (Garraf) – as well as in the city of Mérida, Extremadura, in southwest Spain. 

One of the individuals arrested is an inmate at Brians 2 prison in Catalonia. Other suspects were arrested in Martorell, Sant Pere de Ribes, and Merida. 

Police did not find the suspect they were searching for in Rubí. 

The operation is part of an investigation by the Spanish National Court.