2008 Barcelona terror plot

Failed terrorist attack in Barcelona, Spain May 2023 2008 Barcelona terror plot Barcelona, Spain Barcelona Metro, Barcelona 18–19 January 2008 Suicide bombings 0 0 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan explosives Islamic extremism The terrorist organization Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) planned a terror attack in the city of Barcelona, which was stopped a few days before they intended to perform it. They intended to conduct a suicide bombing on the Barcelona Metro.https://ctc.usma.edu/a-case-study-of-the-january-2008-suicide-bomb-plot-in-barcelona/ A Case Study of the January 2008 Suicide Bomb Plot in Barcelona 2009-01-15 Combating Terrorism Center at West Point en-US 2018-12-29 29 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181229171822/https://ctc.usma.edu/a-case-study-of-the-january-2008-suicide-bomb-plot-in-barcelona/ dead The metro plot was intended to become the first of a series attacks in Spain, Germany, France, Portugal and the United Kingdom as those countries contributed to the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, with the timing determined by al Qaeda making political demands through Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud. Arrests and indictment Islamic terrorism#Spain Some 14 people – twelve Pakistanis and two Indians – were arrested between 18 and 19 January 2008 in the Raval multicultural neighborhood in Barcelona. The police searched four private homes, an industrial site turned into an Islamic prayer room and a bakery. One of the arrested cooperated with the intelligence services and became a protected witness. The police operation was authorized by Audiencia Nacional court after receiving information from the National Intelligence Centre (CNI). A number of books, pamphlets and other media containing radical Islamist ideas such as jihad and martyrdom were found by the Guardia Civil. Of the 14 detained, all were subjected to detention without contact to the outside world and transferred to Madrid. Two were released without charges on 22 January and two were released on 23 January and the remaining ten, of which nine Pakistanis and one Indian, were unconditionally provisionally imprisoned. On 14 March 2009, another member of the group who had left Barcelona before the police operation was arrested in Dutch city of Breda. Eight of the suspects, Maroof Ahmed Mirza, Mohammad Ayub Elahi Bibi, Mohamed Tarik, Qadeer Malik, Hafeez Ahmed, Roshan Jamal Khan, Shaib Iqbal and Imram Cheemawere were accused of being members of a terrorist organization and possessing explosives. The last three, Mohammed Shoaib, Mehmooh Khalid and Aqueel Ur Rahmnan Abassi, were only accused of belonging to a terrorist organization. The charges were upheld by the Audiencia Nacional in a 9 October 2009 trial. The judge concluded the constituted an organized group adhering to extremist Islamist ideology. Six of the sentenced were legal immigrants to Spain and most of those had lived in Spain since 2001. Five others arrived to Spain in the months prior to the plot. Months later, the Pakistani Taliban spokesman, claimed the attack in a video statement, which was posted on the Internet.May 2023 See also 2017 Barcelona attacks References https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jan/24/spain.international Raids foiled Barcelona bomb plot, says judge The Guardian 24 January 2008 2016-10-04 http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/01/19/barcelona/1200738554.html Los islamistas detenidos en Barcelona tenían al menos cuatro temporizadores Elmundo elmundo.es 21 January 2008 2016-10-04 Category:Failed terrorist attempts in Europe Category:2008 crimes in Spain Category:Taliban attacks Category:Islamic terrorism in Spain Category:Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Category:Suicide bombings in Spain Category:2008 in Catalonia Category:Terrorist incidents in Europe in 2008 Category:Terrorist incidents in Spain in the 2000s Category:2008 in Barcelona Category:January 2008 in Europe Category:Barcelona Metro