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Spain gets 600 tip-offs about possible Islamic extremists

Spain gets 600 tip-offs about possible Islamic extremists

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

MADRID: Spanish security officials say they have received more than 600 anonymous tip-offs regarding possible Islamic extremists under a new project set up to better anticipate the threat of attacks. An Interior Ministry statement on Wednesday said police considered just under half the tip-offs to be of value to security services. The project launched December 4 allows people to contact the Intelligence Center for Terrorism and Organized Crime anonymously through a website, a mobile app or a free telephone hotline. They are monitored 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Spain has arrested more than 90 suspected Islamic extremists so far this year.