National Court tries six defendants accused of creating jihadist cell in Mallorca

The indictment states that the investigations carried out by the Police General Information Commissioner’s Office started in 2015. Agents specialized in combating Islamic terrorism A series of videos were detected on the YouTube channel of a Salafi imam Based in Birmingham. Records indicating that Tufiq went to Syria, The process of brainwashing, recruiting, and traveling to a young Muslim to fight in that country resident in Spain. The judge argues that the videos were “apparently aimed at recruiting jihadists to come to the Asian country and join the ranks of ISIS.”

Police discovered the magnet At that time I traveled to Mallorca and contacted a group of Moroccans living on the island. According to researchers, he became their spiritual leader and started producing. Jihadist propaganda, such as videos posted on YouTubeAnd. Investigators identified individuals involved in the making of the recordings and focused their investigation on a group of four residents of the Raiguer area and patrons of an Inca mosque.

A “massacre” in the Inca

As the police stated in their reports, the defendant was gone gathering followers through both social networks and secret weekly meetings. Counterterrorism experts say they are experiencing a rapid radicalization process, and some even They planned an attack on the island. The police detected signs that they were planning to carry out a massacre in the center of Inca, where they would stab pedestrians and marty them.

This information accelerated the police operation fear that the defendant may carry out these plans. In the early morning hours of June 28, 2017, a large group of agents arrested six alleged members of the cell. 4 of the suspects are Inka was detained in Binissalem and ArianyThe imam was arrested in England, and his collaborator living in Mallorca was arrested in Germany.

Six years after this operation, the National Court judge who heard the case made the following decision: The investigation was completed and it was determined that there was sufficient evidence to prosecute the suspects. For the crime of possible cooperation with a terrorist organization as stipulated by the Criminal Code imprisonment from five to ten years. The judge argues that the evidence collected is consistent enough to put him in the dock for disseminating “ideal material for recruiting future jihadists” and states: “The message they spread was incitement to extreme and indiscriminate violence against people.”. The judge also argues that “the tendency of audiovisual productions is apostasy and proselytizing in favor of the Islamist cause.”

“Peace message”

The defendants claimed the following both during the investigation phase and in their objections to the rejected indictment: Police misinterpreted the videos. The imam argued that his aim was precisely to send a “message of peace” and to show young Muslims what not to do. Other defendants claim that the evidence presented against them is “vague” and “abstract”. In its decisions against these objections, the National Court argues that: They need to present these claims in court. judgment.

The case is pending for the prosecution to state the crimes attributed to the defendants and to request an oral hearing.