4 arrested in Spain, Morocco for IS armed group ties
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Spain's Interior Ministry says Spanish and Moroccan police have arrested four suspected members of a jihadi cell that sought to recruit members for the Islamic State group.
A ministry statement Tuesday said three Spaniards were arrested in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta while a Moroccan was arrested in the nearby Moroccan city of Nador.
The ministry said the four formed a group that looked to recruit fighters to join IS in Iraq and Syria, as well as militants willing to carry out attacks in Spain and Morocco.
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Spanish police arrested some 100 suspected Islamic extremists last year and more than 600 since the 2004 train bombings in Madrid that killed 191 people and injured nearly 2,000.