Two messages intercepted by European authorities and the FBI promoted attacks on the Madrid team and its fans, both at the Santiago de Bernabéu stadium and on the Real bus.
This Monday, one of the main objectives of the Islamic State terrorist operation dismantled last week in Spain was revealed: you Real Madrid footballers and fans. Last week, the Spanish Civil Guard and the FBI announced a mega-operation in the largest online network currently disseminating Islamic State propaganda, which resulted in the arrest of nine people in Spain and the interruption of several online information channels used to convert and radicalize terrorists. .
Among the messages intercepted by the authorities, according to the newspaper ABC, there are two that point directly to the Santiago de Bernabéu Stadium and bus stop which transports the first team players. The targets of terrorist propaganda, “lone wolves” who would become martyrs after carrying out the attacks, were encouraged to attack the main team and fans who were in the football stadium or at the celebrations, in the heart of Spain.
On Friday, an international operation, in which European countries and the United States participated, dismantled “critical infrastructure” on the Internet and “disrupted” communication platforms linked to the Islamic State terrorist group, in addition to arresting nine suspects in Spain, according to Europol. .
According to the European police agency, the servers supported multiple media outlets linked to the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group and were used to spread propaganda and “jihadist” messages that incited terrorism.
Europol dismantles the online network of the Islamic State group and arrests suspects in Spain
This operation began two years ago after the detection of the translation into Spanish of terrorist content linked to that organization and ended with actions against the servers that hosted the terrorist content.
“Websites and communication channels, such as radio stations, a news agency and social media content, had a global reach. They communicated Islamic State directives and slogans in more than thirty languages, including Spanish, Arabic, English, French, German, Danish, Turkish, Russian, Indonesian, and Pasto (Afghanistan). Several ‘terabytes’ of information were discovered,” Europol said.
Source: Observadora
