Counter-terrorism investigators said the suspect had been training himself online every day and sharing extremely violent material. They assessed his profile as a serious risk to national security, saying he was trying to mobilise followers online to encourage terrorist violence.
The National Police arrested him in the Community of Madrid on 10 November 2026 on suspicion of terrorist self-indoctrination and indoctrinating others. After he appeared before Central Investigative Court No. 6 of the Audiencia Nacional, the court ordered his provisional imprisonment. The remand decision is part of the continuing investigation, not a conviction.
The inquiry began in 2025, when counter-terrorism officers identified a highly radicalised person in Spain and began monitoring his social-media activity. Investigators said he had expressed a wish to die for the jihadist cause and was mobilising his online followers to carry out terrorist violence.
The investigation identified ideological references to the Izzeddine Al Qassam Brigades, as well as Islamic State and Al Qaeda. Investigators linked the material shared online to the concept of Islamic jihad and described it as extremely violent.
Police searched the suspect’s home during the arrest and seized computer equipment and digital storage devices for forensic examination. The operation involved the Comisaría General de Información and Madrid’s Brigada Provincial de Información, under the direction of the Fiscalía de la Audiencia Nacional and Central Investigative Court No. 6.
Europa Press, citing figures from the Observatorio para la Libertad Religiosa that it attributed to Ministry of the Interior data, reported 29 jihadism-related arrests in 2018 and 100 in 2025, an increase of 245%. The same report recorded 86 arrests in the first nine months of 2026.
A separate security investigation in Lepe was covered in earlier reporting.
