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Madrid 'jihad' supporter was planning attack 'worse than Manchester', say police
23/06/2017
A JIHAD terror suspect arrested in Madrid had been planning an attack in Spain that he claimed would be 'far worse' than the massacre in Manchester during Ariana Grande's concert.
Rachid El-Omari, 32, originally from Morocco, has been remanded in custody, having allegedly announced online that a reporter from Córdoba TV who made comments against DAESH, also known as ISIS or the self-styled 'Islamic State', would 'end up dead'.
El-Omari also said he wanted to go to the Middle East to join the DAESH caliphate and become a suicide bomber because it was 'the only way to be a real Muslim' as 'all those who defend the Q'ran are guaranteed their place in paradise.
Conversely, he also wanted to go to Syria or Iraq to get married, because the caliphates are 'the only places you can find decent Muslims'.
The accused said he was 'prepared to execute anyone' he considered an 'infidel' by 'cutting off their heads' and had a keen interest in weapons and creating home-made explosives.
Referring online to the Manchester Arena attack, El-Omari said: “It doesn't matter whether or not they're children, it's what they deserve. Nobody complains about children in Syria getting killed...something far worse is going to happen here.”
A note described by the police as 'apocalyptic', written in Arabic, was found reading 'Jihad domain returns to Paradise today'.
A few days before his arrest, El-Omari was seen ripping a poster with photos of women on it from a wall and stamping on it.
Three days before then, El-Omari was seen with one of his cousins walking around Madrid along popular tourist routes and 'in a vigilant manner' as though 'checking out' the areas for security measures in place around them.
Police found nearly 30 online manuals covering indoctrination, ideology, media instructions, and suicide bombings on the suspect's computer, all of which bore the logo of the publisher Al-Himma, which is linked to DAESH.
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A JIHAD terror suspect arrested in Madrid had been planning an attack in Spain that he claimed would be 'far worse' than the massacre in Manchester during Ariana Grande's concert.
Rachid El-Omari, 32, originally from Morocco, has been remanded in custody, having allegedly announced online that a reporter from Córdoba TV who made comments against DAESH, also known as ISIS or the self-styled 'Islamic State', would 'end up dead'.
El-Omari also said he wanted to go to the Middle East to join the DAESH caliphate and become a suicide bomber because it was 'the only way to be a real Muslim' as 'all those who defend the Q'ran are guaranteed their place in paradise.
Conversely, he also wanted to go to Syria or Iraq to get married, because the caliphates are 'the only places you can find decent Muslims'.
The accused said he was 'prepared to execute anyone' he considered an 'infidel' by 'cutting off their heads' and had a keen interest in weapons and creating home-made explosives.
Referring online to the Manchester Arena attack, El-Omari said: “It doesn't matter whether or not they're children, it's what they deserve. Nobody complains about children in Syria getting killed...something far worse is going to happen here.”
A note described by the police as 'apocalyptic', written in Arabic, was found reading 'Jihad domain returns to Paradise today'.
A few days before his arrest, El-Omari was seen ripping a poster with photos of women on it from a wall and stamping on it.
Three days before then, El-Omari was seen with one of his cousins walking around Madrid along popular tourist routes and 'in a vigilant manner' as though 'checking out' the areas for security measures in place around them.
Police found nearly 30 online manuals covering indoctrination, ideology, media instructions, and suicide bombings on the suspect's computer, all of which bore the logo of the publisher Al-Himma, which is linked to DAESH.
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