Spanish and Moroccan police say they have arrested seven suspected members of a terror network spread across the two countries aimed at recruiting women for the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq.

Two terrorist cells with links to al-Qaida have been dismantled and their members detained, the Moroccan Interior Ministry said today.

Amnesty International accused Spanish and Moroccan security forces yesterday of using excessive force and violating immigrants’ rights in trying to repel waves of Africans seeking to gain a foothold in Europe over the past month.