RABAT, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Moroccan and Spanish authorities have arrested 5 people suspected of planing stabbing attacks in the two countries, the Moroccan Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday.
In a joint operation, four people with suspected links to the Islamic State (IS) group were arrested in the northeastern Moroccan city of Nador, while their Spanish national partner was captured in the Spanish enclave of Melilla, the ministry said in a statement.
The members of the cell had secret meetings and were training to execute terror attacks with white arms, it noted.
The dismantled cell was also engaged in recruiting and sending young fighters to IS, it added.
The four arrested in Morocco will be brought to justice pending the completion of the probe led under the supervision of the public prosecutor, according to the Interior ministry.
The Moroccan-Spanish joint operation comes less than month after terrorist attacks that hit Barcelona and Cambrils.
