Terrorist suspects arrested in Barcelona

barcelona - The police in Barcelona arrested eight terrorist suspects on Tuesday morning. Four of them are associated with the attacks in Brussels in March 2016. That is what the Spanish newspaper El Pais reports. The operation is still under way.

According to the Spanish police, the terrorist suspects are men from 31 to 39 years of Moroccan origin. The four had contacts with the perpetrators of the attacks in Brussels

The police searched for about twelve premises in Barcelona and in some suburbs. The police have been investigating eight months.