Spain breaks up online network recruiting young women for IS

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Wednesday 25 Feb 2015 - 15:58 Makkah mean time-6-5-1436 One of four people suspected of using Internet platforms to recruit young women to ISIS group is arrested in the Spanish enclave Melilla on February 25 (AFP) Barcelona, (IINA) – Spanish authority said on Tuesday they had broken up an online network accused of recruiting young women to join ISIS militants fighting in Iraq and Syria and arrested four suspects, AFP reported. Two of the suspects were arrested in Melilla, the Spanish enclave neighbouring Morocco, in the latest operation by Spain's authorities targeting such recruiting networks. The others were detained in Girona and Barcelona in Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia. The two detained in Melilla were said to be behind the creation and operation of several Internet platforms spreading propaganda, particularly for the ISIS group, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The ministry said private home visits were also organized for recruiting purposes and a number of young people had begun preparations to travel to war zones. The early morning arrests came as European nations scramble to halt a surge in young people wanting to travelling to Iraq and Syria to fight with the extremist. It is noteworthy that in August two young Spanish women, one of them under 18, were arrested in Melilla on suspicion of trying to join an ISIS cell in the Middle East. In a related context, France on Monday announced that it had confiscated the passports of six suspected would-be extremist and would ban another 40 from travelling. SM/IINA