The 11 of Raval, which TV3 premiered on Tuesday on Nits sense ficció, awoke many expectations. A well-defined and ambitious investigation into the dismantling, in 2008, of a jihadist cell that intended to attack the Barcelona metro. The documentary delves into the role of an informant, known as F1, who became a protected witness. You can find it again on the 3Cat platform, in the format of a four-episode series. However, linking them to be broadcast as a single documentary had consequences for the effectiveness of the narrative, with repetitions and lengthy narrative arcs.Despite everything, journalistic work is very interesting. It demonstrates irregularities in both the investigation and the trial, has access to very relevant primary sources, recognizes the work of the two journalists who identify the protected witness, and constructs its own perspective on the events and the vital outcome for the detainees. Formally, the graphic design of the names and positions becomes excessively cloying: the visual preponderance of the labels ends up being bothersome due to simple repetition. However, the structure and ordering of the facts are impeccable and allow for a very good understanding of the dynamics and irregularities of a complex trial, especially thanks to the explanatory capacity of the defense lawyer Benet Salellas.The documentary has a very subtle, but relevant, aspect: the editing observes with special attention the gestures and microexpressions of the protagonists, especially when their interventions highlight the most dubious aspects of the case. For example, when Javier Gómez Bermúdez, then president of the criminal chamber of the National High Court, has to admit some negligences in the process, the camera focuses on his subsequent silence and the discomfort becomes visible on his face. Also the attitude of the lawyer of the Association of Victims of Terrorism, José María Fuster-Fabra, lighting his cigar and showing off in front of the camera. They are details that communicate beyond the facts.The most fragile aspect of the documentary is its excess of ambiguity when providing concrete answers. This is already evident at the beginning, when the then director of the CNI, Alberto Saiz, explains that in the 11-M attacks, “the CNI’s information did reach the police, but the police did not act, for whatever reasons””. Perhaps it would have been interesting to clarify them. Also when one of the expert journalists on the case leaves suspended the reasons for the protected witness’s conduct: “You can draw a hypothesis as to why he did what he did””, without being more explicit. The documentary falls short in clearly defining the whys: why Asim Iqbal, F1, acts as he acts. But also why Gómez Bermúdez tolerates an investigation and a trial with so many irregularities. Beyond implying an abuse in the preventive fight against terrorism, motives are lacking. You have the feeling that in the answers we would find arguments related to dark political and judicial points that are still relevant.

The number of people arrested for jihadism in Spain is getting younger. Last year, police made around 100 arrests for this radical ideology, and almost half were under 25. Furthermore, 13 were minors. This trend is even more evident when looking back: the predominant age range for those arrested for jihadism in 2020 was between 32 and 38 years old. Now it's between 18 and 24, and they currently represent 35% of all arrests. This is one of the main conclusions of the latest Yearbook from the International Observatory for Terrorism Studies (OIET), which warns that this is a worrying and growing trend. The report highlights the "active role of minors," going so far as to state that one of the main current challenges, "both socially and in terms of security, is the growing radicalization among young people." It is common for the indoctrination of these young people to take place on social media or in video games, often by other teenagers.

The Muslim community in Catalonia is significant: there are more than 300 places of worship and nearly 700,000 members, most of whom are practicing. Their presence is visible in many neighborhoods and cities. Young people don't attend synagogues as often, partly because many imams don't speak Catalan or Spanish, but they do follow sermons on social media.influencers Muslims, some of whom are linked to jihadism. The danger of radicalization is real and cannot be underestimated. Leaving its denunciation in the hands of an extreme right wing that spreads Islamophobic rhetoric—with solutions like bans or expulsions, which violate respect for individual and religious freedom—is also a worrying danger.

Up to 95 people have been arrested this year in state police operations for their alleged involvement in jihadist terrorism, eight of them minors. According to data from the Ministry of the Interior, 84 have been arrested in Spain and 11 abroad. Catalonia is a hotspot for police interventions due to jihadist radicalization: of the more than fifty interventions that police have carried out throughout the state, almost a third of the arrests have been made in Catalonia.

Exactly a decade ago, in mid-2015, a terrorist cell was taking shape in Ripoll. It was made up of nine young men and led by an imam. They were young (between 15 and 26 years old at the time) and there were four pairs of brothers. Two years later, one of them drove a van at full speed, destroying everything in his path, on Barcelona's La Rambla. Hours later, other members of the cell sowed panic with knives on the Cambrils seafront. It was August 2017, and sixteen people were murdered. What led nine young men, most of them raised in Catalonia, to embrace jihadism? Today we are a little closer to answering this question with certainty.

The Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) and the National Police arrested a man this Tuesday as part of an anti-terrorist operation in Montblanc (Conca de Barberà). in the framework of the Caronte case, the first active jihadist group dismantled by the Mossos d'Esquadra. The National Court sentenced him to eight years in prison in 2018Now that he's free, the Mossos d'Esquadra (General Intelligence Commissariat) and specialists from the National Police have again found evidence of radicalization and arrested him as part of an investigation overseen by the National Court and which is under secrecy.

The General Information Commissariat of the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan Police), which is responsible for, among other functions, combating extremism and terrorism, has undergone a significant change in recent weeks. According to sources consulted by ARA, the deputy chief of the station, Superintendent David Sánchez, has been sent to head the Sant Martí district police station, leaving his responsibilities as Information Commander. Sánchez has officially been serving as the head of the Barcelona district police station for a few days now.

On Monday morning, just before the big blackoutThe Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan Police) and the National Police carried out a major operation with more than 150 officers from various units deployed in the Vallès Occidental and Baix Llobregat regions. The timing was right, and the operation was closed before 12:33 p.m., when everything went offline. Specifically, as the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan Police) announced this Friday, they arrested three suspected jihadists who were spreading extremist Daeix content on social media and even had extensive documentation at home referring to terrorist attacks. They ranged from a lone wolf attack (an attack by a single person) to several interpretations of martyrdom (sacrificing oneself in defense of a cause).

He was 53 years old, had been living in Mataró for years, worked as a hairdresser and indoctrinated people to go and fight in Syria on behalf of Daeix. As the ARA announced on Thursday, the National Police has expelled this man from the State for being a "serious" danger to national security. The transfer, authorized by the National Court, was carried out last January, when a plane took him from Madrid to Casablanca. This Monday, the National Police has given more details of his profile.

They were not newcomers. Imams expelled by the Interior Ministry The leaders of these Islamic communities have admitted that they had been working in Figueres and La Jonquera for years for having spread radicalising speeches that were dangerous to public safety.

The Interior Ministry has expelled two imams from two Catalan mosques from the State for spreading radicalizing speeches that are dangerous for public safety, according to the ARA. They are the imams of the mosques of Figueres and La Jonquera and they have been expelled for carrying out an activity contrary to national security.

Commissioner Eduard Sallent is the number 2 within the Catalan police, known as the Mossos d'Esquadra, serving under Josep Maria Estela. Sallent worked in the intelligence department five years ago, so we ask him to look back on that fateful August 17, what we learnt and how anti-terrorist surveillance is carried out now in Catalonia.

Spanish National Police has arrested five suspected jihadi terrorists in Barcelona and Madrid. According to court sources, the operation has been carried out by Spanish National Police offices under the orders of the High Court. Four of the detainees have already appeared before judge Joaquín Gadea, who has ordered their imprisonment. The fifth will testify in the coming days because he is already in a Catalan prison for other crimes.

The sentence of the trial for the jihadist attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils on 17 August 2017, with even harsher sentences than the Prosecutor's Office had requested, will still not allow Catalan society to turn the page on a tragedy that had a profound impact on it, both for the brutality of the murders and their authorship (a group of young Catalans of Maghribi origin, apparently very integrated). The well-documented, precise and exhaustive ruling - it is 1,000 pages long - despite the fact that for the first time it establishes the total number of victims - which rises to more than 300 between the different scenarios (in addition to Barcelona and Cambrils, also Alcanar), describes them as "the great forgotten ones" and compensates some of them, has left many unsatisfied, who have already announced through their legal representatives that they will appeal the court's decision.

Dounia's parents have lived their Muslim faith between Morocco and the suburbs of Paris all their lives. Coming from the Moroccan diaspora of the 1960s, the couple has three children in three different countries: the United Kingdom, Morocco and France. It is in the latter that Dounia, the youngest, was born and has lived there for more than thirty years. Contrary to her parents, she is not a believer, but she prefers not to talk about the draft law against "separatism" promoted by President Emmanuel Macron, which has caused controversy. Dounia exudes a certain exasperation towards the political class and the media. Dounia's refusal says a lot about this text that for months has been talked about in the country. "My parents are also disengaged", she concludes, with no option for the journalist to reply.