Italy and Spain arrest several individuals linked to IS.

On July 22, Italian police arrested a Tunisian and a Pakistani national on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks and spreading messages online supporting the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS).

Spanish police escort the suspect who was just arrested at the airport in Melilla. (Source: AFP/VNA)

According to police, the Tunisian national, arrested in Brescia, had created a Twitter account and posted numerous threatening messages, including the signature of ISIS, against images of two famous Italian landmarks: the Colosseum and Milan Cathedral.

On the same day, the Spanish Interior Ministry announced that its police, in coordination with Moroccan authorities, had arrested an individual accused of spreading propaganda and recruiting members for IS.

This is part of a campaign against networks that abduct women and traffic them to Syria and Iraq. Since the beginning of this year alone, Spain has arrested 49 individuals linked to ISIS activities.

(According to VNA, VN+)