Up to 40,000 more Spanish police will be deployed to tourist hotspots in the popular holiday location to provide more protection amid threats from the terror group, the Daily Star Online reports. Officers will be positioned at key tourism locations such as stations, hotels, beaches and restaurants and will remain there until the end of the peak season. The additional officers have been brought in as part of Operation Summer, a mission with an aim to “take full action to obtain information in order to prevent terrorist acts” while also “reinforcing security measures at events and places that will attract a large number of people”.
Police have raised the terror threat level to four out of five, with the higher number being the most severe.
The UK Foreign Office want that terror attacks in Spain are “likely”.
The Government said in a statement: “Terrorists are likely to try to carry out attacks in Spain.
“Attacks could be indiscriminate including in places visited by foreigners.
The Spanish authorities take measures to protect visitors but you should be vigilant and follow the instructions of the local authorities.”
Al-Muntasir, another terrorist organisation has issued three threats to Barcelona in a month.
It has done through a handful of social media accounts.
The news comes after ISIS threatened to attack the Notre Dame cathedral with another blaze in a sick message for Spain’s neighbour France.
An edited image shows the church ablaze with the warning, “wait for the next”, Mail Online reported.
Many speculated ISIS started the fire in April but there have been no reports of ISIS being responsible for the fire on Monday which ravaged the 850-year-old monument.
The vicious propaganda was revealed by terrorist monitors, SITE intelligence.
The image suggests ISIS members are looking to attack the cathedral in the future, the news outlet reports.
Al-Muntasir shared an image of the flames with the words “Have a good day”.
The Paris public prosecutor said the fire was likely to have been the result of an accident and there was no sign it was caused on purpose.
US President Donald Trump claimed ISIS was on the verge of being “wiped out”.