Madrid: Two people have been arrested in a Spanish enclave as security forces dismantled a jihadi cell, according to media reports. The Spanish interior ministry revealed that rather than being a group dedicated to recruiting for the Islamic State (IS), this was a "cell that was fully prepared and ready to carry out an attack on Spanish territory", according to a Xinhua report on Tuesday.

It is believed that the two suspects arrested in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Tuesday intended to carry out “lone wolf” style attacks, in which the perpetrator of a violent crime acts in support of a group or an ideology, but does so alone, outside of any command structure. Authorities have confirmed that the two arrested terror suspects were of Spanish nationality, but of Moroccan origin.