Spanish police said Wednesday they had detained a French national suspected of heading a weapons trafficking ring that provided arms to Amedy Coulibaly, who staged a deadly attack on a Jewish
supermarket in Paris last year.
UPDATE: Isis has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attacks. Spain's acting foreign minister had previously said he blamed the terror group for the bombs in Brussels on Tuesday.
Leading Spanish actors, journalists and politicians have called for a weekend peace protest in Madrid as opposition mounts against the use of force in response to recent attacks.
Security has been stepped up in the Catalan capital ahead of two major public events on Tuesday evening amid jihadist fears in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
One of the jihadists involved in the Paris shootings and the subject of an international manhunt was held by police in Spain just weeks before the shooting, according to reports in Catalan media.
The suspected organiser of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, tried to recruit women living in Spain for the Islamic State group, Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said on Thursday.
Police cordoned off an area around the Plaza de Cuzco at the heart of Madrid’s financial district and close to the Santiago Bernebeu stadium on Wednesday afternoon.
Spain's foreign minister has spoken out strongly in favour of engaging with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to deal with the terror threat in Europe, just days after deadly attacks in Paris.
A Spanish town councillor has been forced to resign after posting a vitriolic message calling for ‘refugees to be shot in the head’ on Facebook in response to the Paris terror attacks.
Spain on Tuesday backed France's decision to let EU deficit obligations slide in order to step up spending on security in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
Manuel Pérez Paredes, who had dual Spanish and French nationality was gunned down in the Bataclan concert hall on Friday, bringing the total number of Spanish victims to three.
As European defence ministers unanimously backed a French request for help in defeating Isis, Spain appeared to step back from joining bombing raids over Syria.
The football friendly between Belgium and Spain scheduled for Tuesday in Brussels has been cancelled on the recommendation of the national crisis centre following the Islamist attacks in Paris.
With fears that Islamic terrorists could be poised to stage Paris style attacks across Europe, The Local takes a look at the jihadist threat within Spain.
The families of two Spaniards were rejoicing last night after being wrongly informed that their loved ones had been killed in the terror attacks on Friday.
The French authorities have warned their Spanish counterparts that one of the men suspected of taking part in the Paris attacks may be on his way to Spain.
UPDATED: Three Spanish men were named among the victims of Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris as well as a woman who held dual Spanish-Mexican nationality.
