Overview
- Spain’s cyber coordination unit, which issued an internal alert Friday, found a web post linked to ISIS calling for attacks on police and demonstrators at protests across Europe including Spain.
- The material includes manuals that recommend suicide attacks with explosives, specifies knife dimensions and anatomical targets, and carries user comments urging vehicle run‑overs.
- Security forces and regional police have begun analysing the alert and stepped up prevention and protection measures for weekend demonstrations and other sensitive sites.
- Police union Jupol said officers have become explicit targets and criticised what it described as a lack of institutional backing, a stance that has deepened tensions with political authorities.
- Antiterrorism sources say such broad propaganda aims to inspire lone attackers rather than signal a coordinated plot, but they warn that detailed guidance makes the messages operationally dangerous for crowded events.