Overview
- The minor was arrested Monday in Agurain–Salvatierra by Policía Nacional and Ertzaintza agents following monitoring that began in November.
- Officers seized a large knife, two smaller knives with modified handles, a simulated pistol, a balaclava, gloves, tools and computer equipment during the arrest and a subsequent home search.
- The Audiencia Nacional’s juvenile section is handling the case, with accusations of membership of a terrorist organization, indoctrination and glorification of terrorism.
- Police say the arrest followed a street altercation, and investigators report he presented himself as a combatant and trained using Daesh audiovisual material.
- Authorities frame the case within a broader pattern seen in 2025, when 38 operations led to 66 terrorism arrests and highlighted growing online recruitment of minors.