Spanish police have broken up a radical Islamic cell that was trying to buy explosives for a terrorist attack in Spain, the Interior Ministry said today.

Three Moroccans, identified as Majid Bakkali, Mohamed Douha and Abdelkader Farhaoui, were arrested in different towns in the north-eastern region of Catalonia.

The three were part of a radical Islamic cell “that was engaged in different activities leading to the purchase of explosives, with the aim of committing terrorist attacks in our country,” read the statement from the Interior Ministry.

It also said that the suspects were trying to buy explosives outside of Spain but did not elaborate further.

Police were searching the homes of the detained, a phone shop and an Islamic butchery, the statement added...