'British spies help smash ISIS cell plotting attacks in Spain'

May 06, 2016 20:01

British spies based in Gibraltar, an overseas territory of the UK, have helped smash an Islamic State terror gang which was reportedly planning attacks on holiday resorts in Spain, according to a media report.

They were able to track down the gang after propaganda messages were found online, leading to Spanish police arresting four people on suspicion of spreading extremism online and indoctrinating recruits, the Daily Express reported.

Police said the cell, operating in Gibralter on the south coast of Spain, was trying to recruit radicals and persuade them to attack holiday resorts in Costa Del Sol, a region popular with British holidaymakers.

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