The Spanish National Court has sentenced a 24-year-old Moroccan man from Seville for planning a jihadist attack in the Spanish city back in 2019.
The aborted attack was planned for the christian holiday of Easter, and the man was sentenced to eight months and 29 days in prison.
According to Spanish news outlet OkDiaro, the jihadist and self-proclamed “terrorist” was radicalized through ISIS members and sympathizers, and received training in the manufacturing and handling of explosives.
The court’s sentencing states that the accused addmitted to being a wlling collaborator in a terrorist organisation’s attacks.
The terrorist had no criminal record, but has now been convicted of self-training for terrorist ends, as he made a full confession to authorities following his arrest.
According to the culprit’s confession, he initially came into contact with a fellow student in October 2018, and developed a “friendship” with the person in question, through which the former exerted a significant and direct influence on the accused, leading to his radicalization.
The individual in question is currently held in provisional prison in Morocco on charges of terrorism on a seperate case, pending a ruling.
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