Police arrest Spanish woman suspected of planning to join Islamic State in Syria
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Spanish police have arrested a 22-year-old woman they suspect was planning to join the Islamic State armed group in Syria.
An Interior Ministry statement said the woman, a resident of the southwestern province of Huelva, was arrested Tuesday at Madrid airport as she prepared to fly to Turkey.
The statement said the Spanish woman had undergone a conversion to Islamic extremism and was suspected of maintaining contact with the armed group by Internet.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Spain has arrested dozens of suspected jihadi militants and recruiters, among them several women, in recent years.