Spain and Morocco co-operate on terror arrests

FOURTEEN people suspected of terrorist activity and recruitment for the Islamic State (IS) group were arrested in joint operations by Spain and Morocco following the attack on a French high-speed train last week.

These latest arrests were made in the suburbs of Madrid and a number of Moroccan locations including Fez and Casablanca.

Although Ayoub El-Khazzani, a 29-year-old from Tetuán, has denied terrorist activity, claiming that he had found the gun in a park and simply intended to commit a robbery on the train, he was on the Schengen register, a watch-list of ‘persons of interest’ that is shared by 27 European countries.

The Spanish interior ministry has stated that the operation is ongoing without releasing further information.