Islamic State threat to King Felipe VI
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 @ 8:18 AM
AN ALLEGED Jihad threat against the Royal family has been 'dealt with' by interior minister Jorge Fernández Díaz, who has declined to give further details.
Police broke up an Islamic State cell based in Catalunya a week ago, during which they found a handwritten note saying: "Felipe of Spain will know what suffering is when his two daughters are underneath the rubble."
This chilling warning was later leaked to the media, but Fernández Díaz says he 'does not wish to talk about it'.
"I have taken steps to deal with the matter, but for basic safety reasons I prefer not to talk about it and should like it not to be talked about," the minister said firmly when quizzed by reporters on Tarajal beach in Ceuta, the Spanish-owned city-province on the northern Moroccan coast.
He brushed off the notion that the Royals were in any more danger than the rest of the world, saying: "We are all under threat from people who wish to destroy the principles and values of our peaceful, harmonious community and, to this end, arrests have been made in Ceuta, Ávila, Barcelona, Ciudad Real and other provinces thanks to the efficiency and competence of our Intelligence services and security forces," Fernández Díaz stressed.
"But there is no such thing as a 'zero-risk' situation."
The minister praised Spain's Intelligence workers for their work in combating the organisation known as DAESH, an acronym which translates from Arabic into Islamic State, and the various outposts of Al-Qaeda.
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