ISSUE NO. 1659
20 - 26 April 2017
COSTA BLANCA NORTH
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Jihad alerts One in three identifies a crime
By Jack Troughton A third of reports of suspected ‘jihadist’ activity in Spain identify a crime in the fight against radicalisation, new statistics show. In 2016 there were 3,100 ‘denuncias’ to the central government scheme ‘Stop Radicalismos.’ More than 300 of these were in the Valencia Community, about a 10th of the total and the fourth highest independent region after Madrid, Catalonia and Andalucia. The Interior Ministry launched the scheme in December 2015 in the fight against terrorism on home soil. It was aimed at allowing worried residents to communicate with security forces and was intended to increase surveillance on possible jidahist activity and detect potential threats. The network consists of a website www.stop-radicalis mos.es, an email stop-radicalis
SUSPECT ARRESTED: In Benetusser last month. mos.es, a telephone number 900 822 066, and apps for mobile devices. The ministry said the scheme triggered 1,100 investigations and three people were in prison as a result. The remainder were judged ‘non-viable.’ Valencia, like the rest of Spain is on security alert level four, the second highest on a five-point ladder. Like the UK, this means security is ‘severe’ and “an attack is highly likely.”
Death of mayor THE mayor of the little Marina Alta village of Tormos was found dead in his garden on Maundy Thursday, he had suffered a heart attack. Father-of-two Vicente Javier Ripoll, 50, was found by one of his daughters when he failed to appear for a family meal. He had been mayor of the village, which has a population of around 300, since 2003, and before taking office was a long serving councillor.
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