Court questions two on Madrid bombings
Two Moroccans went to court today for questioning in connection with last month’s train bombings in Madrid.
One of the two men was arrested in the town of Illescas near the Spanish capital on Tuesday, a court official said. His detention raised to 17 the number of people in custody.
The other Moroccan to be questioned was arrested last Friday at the border in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave on the northern Morocco coast. It was not clear whether the man was leaving or entering Ceuta.
There were no details on the identity of either suspects.
Spanish National Radio said police believe the latest detainee may have ties with at least one man already charged with mass murder in the case.
Fifteen people in custody have been charged in connection with the March 11 attacks on four commuter trains which killed 191 people.
Six have been charged with mass murder, and the remaining nine with belonging to or collaborating with a terrorist organisation. Eleven of the 15 are Moroccan.
Spanish prosecutor Olga Sanchez has asked Juan Del Olmo, the investigating magistrate, to issue four more international arrest warrants. No information was available on those four suspects.
Del Olmo last week issued a similar warrant for six prime suspects.
The government says three of those six were among at least five suspected terrorists who blew themselves up on Saturday night as special forces prepared to storm their apartment in the suburb of Leganes, south of Madrid. Unconfirmed news reports said there may have been six bodies.
Police believe between one and three people may have fled the apartment before the suicide blast and are hiding out in another house on Madrid’s outskirts, which police are searching for, the leading daily El Pais said. Those who escaped may include one or more of the people sought in del Olmo’s warrants, it said.
