Madrid, Safar 16, 1437, Nov 28, 2015, SPA -- Three suspected backers of the extremist group ISIS have been arrested in Spain, the Interior Ministry in Madrid said on Saturday. The two men and one woman had been taken in the autonomous region of Catalonia in the north-east of the country, it said. The men, aged 42 and 32, were arrested in the city of Barcelona, where they were sharing accommodation. They had been spreading the ideology of ISIS via social networking sites, targeting in particular young women, dpa reported. The 24-year-old woman was arrested in Granollers, some 30 kilometers north-east of Barcelona. She had been planning to join ISIS in Syria. According to official figures, 68 suspected backers of ISIS have been arrested so far this year. --SPA 17:20 LOCAL TIME 14:20 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w