Police arrest Islamic State suspect, 2 others in Madrid

MADRID — Police on Wednesday arrested three Moroccans, including a suspected member of the Islamic State group considered to be a clear threat to national security, Spain’s Interior Ministry said.

A ministry statement said the suspect had instruction manuals on jihadi suicide and electronic terrorism and was believed to have had internet contact with IS members in Syria and Iraq.

The ministry said he had an extremely dangerous profile similar to those involved in recent attacks in Britain and France and was considered a threat to Spain.

“We have nothing to indicate he was going to attack immediately but it’s certain his radicalization was extreme and he had all the training and information to carry out an attack,” Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido told Spanish National Television.