Interior warns of a jihadist call to attack police and protesters in Spain

The Cybersecurity Coordination Office (OCC), dependent on the Ministry of the Interior, has detected a call to attack police and protesters on a website from the jihadist environment related to Daesh. The publication expressly mentions Spain and proposes taking advantage of the concentrations and street confrontations registered in several European countries.

This is stated in an information alert titled Call to attack police and protesters. According to the document, the researchers located the content during their work monitoring digital spaces linked to jihadist extremism.

The message incites people to commit attacks with different means and contains instructions to cause victims. Added to the publication are comments from other users who propose new ways to attack those participating in the protests and the agents deployed to maintain security.

The alert highlights references to France at all times. The authors of the propaganda present the high influx of protesters as an opportunity to act and point out the confrontations between participants and police as moments of special vulnerability.

The scope of the warning must be distinguished from the detection of an attack in preparation. According to anti-terrorist sources consulted, this is a general incitement spread on a website related to Daesh, outside the organization's official channels. These sources highlight, however, the relevance of monitoring these spaces due to their capacity to encourage individual radicalization.