A young Spanish woman, who was preparing her departure for Syria where she was to marry a jihadist, was arrested on Wednesday November 11 in the region of Valencia, Spanish police announced on Friday November 13.
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This “
strongly radicalized
”
Spaniard,
whose age has not been specified, began to interest investigators when she passed “
from a totally Western life to another where she portrayed the niqab and defended the most radical principles jihadism
”, detailed the police in a statement.
Since 2014, Spanish police have arrested eight female jihadists who intended to go "
to a conflict zone
", but there had been none for more than three years, the last dating back to February 2017.
In January 2020, the young woman arrested Wednesday went to Turkey, where she came into contact with members of a jihadist structure, installed in northeastern Syria.
After her return to Spain, she continued her discussions with them and sent nearly 5,000 euros to members of the Islamic State (IS) group, the statement said.
"
His desire to be a martyr and his recent exaltation for the attacks committed in France
" including the beheading of Professor Samuel Paty, "
led to his immediate arrest
," police said.
Presented to a judge on Friday morning, she was remanded in custody for participation in a terrorist enterprise, financing of terrorism, attempt to leave in a conflict zone and apologia for terrorism.
After a meteoric rise in power and the proclamation in the summer of 2014 of a
self-proclaimed
"
caliphate
" of the Islamic State group straddling Iraq and Syria, the jihadists have followed a series of setbacks, faced with the successive offensives launched in these two country, until the fall of their "caliphate" in March 2019.
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