Experts in the fight against terrorism have been warning for more than a year of the expansion of jihadism in the Sahel region and the Islamic Maghreb.
The security forces have arrested 52 suspected jihadists in 25 operations in 2022, most of them carried out by the National Police's General Intelligence Commissariat, which remains on the lookout to "defuse early" a possible attack and is closely watching the terrorist expansion in Africa.
Nevertheless, they say that a higher or lower number of arrests cannot be equated with a higher or lower number of cells, or even with an increase in radicalisation. Most of the operations - 18 by the National Police alone - culminate in few arrests and are the result of lengthy investigations.
Source: Atalayar News