Spain and Morocco arrest militants 'linked to Islamic State'
Spanish and Moroccan police have arrested nine people suspected of belonging to a militant cell linked to Islamic State, including the leader of the cell, Spain's Interior Ministry said on Friday.
The ministry said the nine belonged to a group based in the Spanish enclave of Melilla on the northern coast of Africa and neighbouring Nador in Morocco.
The leader of the group was of Spanish nationality, born in Morocco and resident in Melilla, the ministry said. The rest were Moroccan nationals, according to Spanish press reports.
