Spanish police said they have arrested two female Spaniards, one a minor, who planned to travel to Iraq or Syria to enlist in the Islamic State jihadist group.
An Interior Ministry statement said the pair was arrested on Saturday in Spain’s north African enclave city of Melilla, as they prepared to enter neighbouring Morocco.
Once there, police said the two women were to be sent imminently to an area between Iraq and Syria.
The elder woman was identified as Fauzia Allal Mohamed. There were no details on the younger woman in Monday’s statement.
