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Spain crackdown on extremist networks

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2026-08-03 12:15 UTC → 2026-08-04 14:32 UTC · added removed

In July 2026, 2026 Spain was reported to have led Europe in arrests of individuals linked to jihadist activity for 2025, underscoring highlighting a broad security push against extremist groups. A few weeks later, Spanish law‑enforcement agencies—including the Guardia Civil, the Basque Ertzaintza and the Catalan Mossos d'Esquadra—carried d'Esquadra carried out a joint operation in Gipuzkoa near the French border. They arrested border, arresting a 17‑year‑old Spanish national identified as the leader of the online extremist 764 network. The youth had Between January and April 2026 the group sent dozens of threats threatening messages to schools, municipalities, town halls, libraries and individuals between January and April 2026, and used swatting other institutions, even announcing planned shootings and doxing tactics. armed attacks that never materialised, prompting extensive security protocols. Police searched two residences, seized electronic devices and documentation, and placed the suspect in preventive detention pending judicial proceedings. Further investigation on 16 July seized additional apartments, seizing electronic devices and devices, storage media from the two apartments. and documentation. The teenager suspect was presented before a juvenile court in Donostia and transferred to a specialized detention centre. The threats had prompted heightened security protocols at the targeted schools and municipal facilities. The 764 network, which originated in named after the United States, Stephenville, Texas ZIP code where it originated, is associated with linked to sextortion, child sexual‑abuse material, encouragement incitement of self‑harm, extreme violence and animal abuse, cruelty, and has been designated a terrorist organization by Canada.

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  1. 2026-08-04 14:32 UTC Spain crackdown on extremist networks
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  3. 2026-08-02 16:45 UTC Spain crackdown on extremist networks

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