TSG Report Cited in Newsweek: Spanish Police Thwart Knife Assault by Taking Down Attacker with Barrier

July 26, 2017

Spanish Police Thwart Knife Assault by Taking Down Attacker with Barrier

Newsweek
By: Jack Moore

 

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… Spanish police subdued a knife attacker on the border of the Spanish enclave of Melilla and Morocco on Tuesday …

The man, wearing shorts and a blue shirt, had held a knife and shouted “Allahu Akbar” or God is great in Arabic, just after 7 a.m. local time at the border checkpoint.

Police arrested the man, a 29-year-old Moroccan citizen …

Authorities did not say if Tuesday’s attack was driven by extremism. Spain has not suffered an extremist attack in recent years … But it has arrested several Moroccan nationals suspected of activity or support for the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) …

At least 1,200 Moroccans have traveled to join ISIS in its self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq and Syria, according to a December 2015 report by the U.S.-based The Soufan Group.

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Download The Soufan Group’s updated report on Foreign Fighters here.

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