Overview

• The 36-year-old was arrested on August 13 in Martorell under Operation ASSOQ on suspicion of self-indoctrination and glorifying terrorism.
• A search of his home in Santa Bárbara (Tarragona) yielded multiple electronic devices and a bladed weapon.
• Investigators had observed a sharp behavioral shift since 2024, including increasingly aggressive conduct and pro-jihadist proclamations on social media.
• Police say his radicalization was fueled by intense consumption of extremist material related to the Palestine conflict.
• The operation was carried out by the Guardia Civil’s intelligence service and the Mossos’ Terres de l’Ebre information unit under the guidance of central examining courts and the National Court prosecutor’s office, and the suspect was remanded to Brians 2 prison.