Morocco Arrests Terrorist Planning Attack on Spain's Seville
Moroccan Police have arrested a man who is suspected
of preparing a terrorist attack in Seville, the southern Spanish city known for
its Easter processions, stated Spain’s interior ministry.
The intelligence and police services of the two countries
conducted an anti-terrorist operation that ended in “the arrest in Morocco of a
militant who was allegedly planning an attack in Seville,” the ministry said in
a statement.
Contacted by AFP, the ministry refused to say
whether the suspect intended to carry out the attack this week, during the
world-famous day which attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors.
Spain has been struck twice by major terrorist
attacks. In March 2004, bombs exploded in Madrid commuter trains, leaving 191
people dead.
The attack was claimed by an al-Qaeda-inspired
extremist.
In August 2017, a double attack killed 16 in
Barcelona and the seaside resort of Cambrils.
