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Four suspected members of an Islamist militant network have been arrested in the Spanish territory of Ceuta, which borders Morocco.Four suspected members of an Islamist militant network have been arrested in the Spanish territory of Ceuta, which borders Morocco.
Spain's interior ministry said police had targeted two properties in dawn raids. Two Moroccans and two Spaniards were arrested in raids on two properties by Moroccan and Spanish police.
It added that officers were investigating whether the suspects were planning attacks in Spain. Spanish police said the men were "prepared and willing" to carry out a terror attack in Spain.
Spanish police have arrested about 50 suspected jihadists over the past year, the ministry said earlier this month. Some 50 suspected jihadists have been arrested by Spanish police over the past year, the ministry has said.
Spanish Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said the men were two pairs of brothers who were "highly radicalised and highly trained", the Reuters news agency reported. Spanish Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said the men arrested on Saturday were two pairs of brothers who were "highly radicalised and highly trained", Reuters news agency reported.
The interior ministry made no link between Saturday's arrests and the continuing investigation into suspects linked to this month's attacks in Paris and thwarted plots in Belgium - some of whom are said to have travelled to Spain. A pistol, combat uniforms, machetes, number plates, documents and computer equipment were seized in the dawn raids, the interior ministry said.
"They are investigating whether those arrested, who formed a cell, had the infrastructure to carry out an attack on our national territory," it said in a statement. Police said the men had a "similar profile" to those who carried out the recent attacks in Paris, and that they had been inspired by internet propaganda by the jihadist Islamic State group.
The interior ministry made no link between the latest arrests and continuing investigations into suspects linked to this month's attacks in Paris and intercepted plots in Belgium - some of whom are said to have travelled to Spain.