GETTY STOCK IMAGE Police in Madrid have arrested two Moroccans

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The pair, aged 43 and 22, were held during dawn raids in Madrid today. Ministry of Interior officials described them as being in an "advanced and dangerous process of radicalisation."

The two detainees were in an advanced and dangerous process of radicalisation Spain's National Police spokesman

They said the men were using the internet to teach themselves to become special forces-style suicide fighters called Inghimasi - who use firearms to kill victims and try to stay alive but detonate their explosives belts when they feel trapped or threatened. A spokesman for Spain's National Police claimed the older suspect was constantly accessing websites which included bomb-making tutorials.