El Independiente published January 27, 2023:
Detenido un presunto yihadista en Girona con la colaboración del FBI.
Cronica Global News, Spain local (translated)
written by Victor Recacha
Friday January 27, 2023
An alleged jihadist terrorist falls in Girona . Only two days after the attack in Algeciras, an individual of Moroccan origin with Spanish nationality in an "advanced process of jihadist radicalization " and with a "profile of great violence and aggressiveness" has been arrested in an operation by the National Police, the Civil Guard and the FBI.
The investigators verified that he was watching the execution of jihadist attacks in Europe . The same day he was arrested, the detainee searched how to carry out stabbings and attacks carried out with this type of bladed weapons, as reported by the Ministry of the Interior. The detainee has already entered prison.
Radicalization in Catalonia
This is the first operation reported by Interior after the deadly attack with a machete in Algeciras (Cádiz) that is being investigated for crimes of terrorism. It is precisely this crime that has put radicalization experts on alert due to Catalonia's greater vulnerability to terrorism , given the prominent presence of Salafists and the international projection of Barcelona.
Sources from the fight against terrorism emphasize that the person arrested in Girona responds to the "profile of an unstable violent man ". They also point out that he had manuals on the use of weapons and explosives and that the operation has been precipitated by his determination to commit some criminal action. The General Information Commissioner of the National Police and the Information Headquarters of the Civil Guard participated in the arrest in Girona. It has been carried out under the direction of the Central Court of Instruction number 2 and the Prosecutor's Office of the National Court.
Disciple of Isis
"The person being investigated was in an advanced process of jihadist radicalization and had a profile of great violence and aggressiveness," according to Interior, adding that the detainee maintained active profiles on different social media platforms and accessed the Deep Web to promote his terrorist purposes. In this way, he used the Internet to show his active support for the terrorist organization Islamic State , obtain manuals with which to train himself in the use of weapons and explosives, as well as the acquisition of weapons .
During the joint investigation, international cooperation has stood out: the FBI notice has been "essential" for the identification of this alleged terrorist. During the practice of the different proceedings, the detainee has shown his arrogant rejection of him towards the participating agents. After the arrest, the agents proceeded with the execution of various records associated with the detainee, in order to collect evidence of his activities, to fully clarify the facts investigated.
A 26 year old
The 26-year-old detainee of Moroccan origin had stated in various propaganda groups in favor of Daesh his intention to attack in Spain against any "accessible individual objective associated with the Spanish or Moroccan governments or Jewish interests." This is stated in the communicated prison order without bail issued this Friday by the head of the central investigative court number 2 of the National Court, Ismael Moreno , regarding Fath Allah Benhachem Grarrass , born in the Moroccan town of Taourirt and with Spanish nationality , arrested this Wednesday in the neighborhood of Santa Eugènia de Girona.
According to the order, Benhachem, considered "a potential security risk", participated in Daesh propaganda forums and Telegram applications. Investigators from the Information Services of the Civil Guard and the National Police have verified that with his profile the detainee had been interested in buying bladed weapons on the so-called deep internet or "deep web" and, even, "had expressed his interest in the acquisition of weapons for the commission of a potential attack on the beaches of the town of Benidorm (Alicante)".
Radical Telegram Groups
The order also indicates that the person investigated shows interest in the elaboration of explosive substances and in obtaining the formula for the artisan elaboration of the C4 explosive . "This desire to carry out an attack is reiterated," according to investigators who have analyzed his intense activity and who have detected that the arrestee, "of an unstable, reactive and violent nature" was in a state of permanent alert and continuously suspected that He was monitored both physically and in his communications.
In one of the Telegram groups called "La Voz de al-Andalus", the detainee expresses his interest in a violent attack in Spain against an easily accessible individual target and related to the Moroccan or Spanish government, extending the interest to targets or Jewish interests: "Moroccan politicians spend their holidays in the south of Spain, invited by drug traffickers […] I would rather see them cry tears of blood and then make them drink them while they suffer in this life than have an escape in the other […] The prophet said about the message of Allah: whoever kills us will go to paradise", writes in this forum with the nickname of Daniel Lofti .
Paranoid Behavior
At another point, he points out that we must "get ahead of the enemy and not go behind his trail... Something like that. Inshallah we wish the worst for them and their families, we curse them and seek the worst for them in this life and in the next. Brother, could we talk privately?" This habitual access both to web "anonymization" resources, as well as to jihadist platforms and pages, evidences "the full awareness and willingness in Benhachem to get involved in terrorist acts and his aforementioned interest in Telegram for the acquisition of weapons, manufacture of explosives and the commission of violent acts with said means in Spain, reiterated Judge Moreno in the order.
The letter also states that in the search of his home -sources from the fight against terrorism assure that he lived with his father- a silhouette of a target practice with 7 impacts and 6 shells of short firearm ammunition was found that would correspond to two different weapons, although none have been found in the inspection. The state of permanent alert in which Fath finds himself is detected from the wiretaps, constantly suspecting that he is being watched or spied on, both physically and in his communications.
Anti-terrorist agents, in a joint operation of the Civil Guard and the National Police, arrested a dangerous jihadist in Girona who was preparing an attack on a beach with a machine gun against bathers.https://t.co/FS9VKPyAT5
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La Razon News, Spain local (translated)
written by Jm Zuloaga
Friday January 27, 2023
This is a Moroccan residing in Gerona who has already entered prison by order of the National Court. He had done target practice with at least two different weapons
Anti-terrorist agents, in a joint operation of the Civil Guard and the National Police, have arrested a dangerous jihadist in Girona who was preparing an attack on the beaches of Benidorm against the bathers, a criminal act that he intended to record and then spread through the social networks of the Islamic State (Daesh, Isis). The arrest took place on the 25th, the same day the Algeciras attack took place.
According to what sources familiar with the matter have informed LA RAZÓN, this is Fath Allah Benhachem Gharrass, born on January 6, 1995 in Taourirt (Morocco) and resident in Gerona and who has already entered prison by order of the National Court.
This individual, who used the nickname “Daniel LOTFI” on social networks; username: @pipa4545″ had held conversations and carried out initiatives aimed at carrying out said attack which, thanks to the Security Forces, has been prevented.
He also expressed his desire to "punish" the Moroccan authorities , carrying out a violent action against citizens of this nationality residing in our country.
Fath was associated with another individual who calls himself “@Karim el maghrebi” , with whom he made the necessary arrangements to acquire AK-47 type weapons, Glocks 9mm pistols and explosive belts. All this through channels dedicated to the black market of arms and false documents.
Thanks to the telephone interventions, the agents detected the permanent state of alert in which he was, since he suspected that he was being watched or spied on, both physically and in his communications. For this reason, he adopted security measures in his movements and communications.
The agents verified the "unstable, reactive and violent" character, a common characteristic of jihadists who are going to take action, as was the case with the one who committed the attacks in Algeciras.
Fath continually consulted generic web pages dedicated to the jihadist phenomenon and other similar movements. Likewise, it was learned that he had resided in Nigde (Turkey), a non-tourist area precisely and that is part of the clandestine transit route to and from Syria .
On his Telegram channel, in case there was any doubt, he wrote the following: “ Oh brothers. Does anyone of you know anything about the way to buy weapons or obtain weapons through the Deep web or other safe way related to the field, since the demand is increased for the brothers related to the subject? .
He also showed his interest in the elaboration of explosive substances and obtaining the formula for the artisan elaboration of the C4 explosive. He also intended to carry out a violent attack in Spain against an easily accessible individual target related to the Moroccan or Spanish government. Or that he was Jewish.
In this regard, he wrote: “Moroccan politicians spend their vacations in the south of Spain invited by drug traffickers […] I prefer to see them cry tears of blood and then make them drink them while they suffer in this life rather than have an escape in the other [… ] The prophet said about the message of Allah: whoever kills us will go to paradise . ”
“I mean getting ahead of the enemy and not going after his trail… Something like that. Inshallah (God willing) we wish the worst for them and their families, we curse them and we seek the worst for them in this life and the next,” he added.
The agents, after entering his home authorized by the judge, have found in his telematic devices collections of videos of stabbings (searched 7 times in a period of 1 hour), a stabbing of a man (18 times in 25 seconds in a train) or stabbings that have taken place in prisons in the United States. Also of a jihadist attack in Tunisia and a video resulting from the stabbings of the jihadist attack in London.
The aforementioned sources consider that it was not a mere viewing but the acquisition of specific knowledge in attacks that occurred in order to train oneself through a specific and accessible modus operandi.
Likewise, searches from the day before his arrest, on the 25th, on books that deal with Muslim prisoners, the Islamophobia of the State, the National Court and the rights of Muslim prisoners in Spanish prisons have been found.
The agents have found numerous jihadist manuals for the manufacture of explosives, the use of poisons and car bombs. I was also looking for acetone on the internet. It is one of the precursors of TATP (Triacetone Triperoxide), an explosive recommended by the Islamic State for its easy preparation . Specifically, there are registered searches with the following terms: “acetone”, “acetone 100″ (probably refers to 100% pure acetone), and “acetone price”. In one of the records, navigation through a Chinese shopping portal is observed, so it is assumed that he had the intention of acquiring it.
The agents were struck by what was found at his home: a target practice silhouette with seven impacts and six short-firearm ammunition pods . When analyzed, they correspond to a 38 Special caliber weapon and another 9 mm Parabellum caliber weapon. That is, Fath could have access to at least two different types of weapons. After consulting the available databases, there is no record that he or his family circle hold a weapons license or authorization for any activity of private security personnel in Spain.
For its part, the Ministry of the Interior has released a note this afternoon confirming the arrest of this individual and stressing that the participation of the Civil Guard and Police has had the support of the US FBI.
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