Spanish police and security authorities in Morocco “have dismantled a jihadist terrorist cell composed of six people”, a ministry statement said, indicating that five of them were arrested in Morocco and one in Melilla, a Spanish enclave in North Africa

Reports claimed that the alleged leader of the cell, a 39 year-old Moroccan living in Melilla,  was arrested while visiting the neighboring country.

He allegedly recruited youngsters at a reeducation center where he worked and used Islamic State group propaganda to train them, the ministry said in a statement.

The arrests come just three weeks after twin attacks in Catalonia claimed by IS killed 16 people and injured dozens.

Since mid-2015, Spain has arrested 199 people accused of links to extremism, the ministry said.

Source:Thelocal.es