2 Spanish widows of ISIS jihadists arrested at Turkey-Syria border – media — RT News
Two Spanish widows of Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) jihadists had been arrested whereas making an attempt to cross into Turkey from Syria with their kids, media reveal. Both girls are thought of potential terrorist threats.
Asia Ahmed Mohamed, 26, and Fatima Akil Laghmich, 21, traveled to Syria from the Spanish African enclave of Ceuta in 2014, based on El Pais newspaper. Both are thought of to be potential threats on account of their hyperlinks to IS.
Spain’s Interior Ministry stated the lady are “extraordinarily valued” anti-terrorism targets due to their intensive information of IS members and supporters in Spain and Turkey, The Daily Mail reported on-line.
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Investigations are presently being carried out by Turkish officers in collaboration with the Civil Guard, and underneath the path of the courts and Prosecutor’s Office, El Pais studies.
Authorities are questioning the 2 girls about their intentions in Spain, and investigating their ties with IS, in addition to if they’ve obtained coaching in the usage of explosives and firearms.
Both girls had been reportedly married to jihadists who at the moment are deceased.
Mohamed was married to the now deceased Moroccan nationwide Mohamed Hamduch, recognized by the aliases ‘Kokito’ and the ‘Headsman of Castillejos’, who as soon as posed smiling alongside decapitated heads of 5 execution victims in Syria. He died combating for IS in Aleppo in November 2015.
The couple’s son, aged 21 months, was touring with the widow when she was arrested.
Following her husband’s loss of life, Mohamed married a second jihadist who has additionally since died in fight or a suicide bombing, based on sources cited by El Pais. She is presently eight months pregnant with that man’s youngster.
Laghmich had been married to Mourad Kadi, one other deceased IS terrorist initially from Morocco. She was touring with the couple’s three-year-old son on the time of the arrest.
As of May 2016, 129 Spanish fighters had been combating alongside IS in Syria, based on a report cited by El Pais. Twenty-nine others had died and 20 others had returned at that time.
