Posted on 08/20/2004 1:10:29 PM PDT by knighthawk
A Syrian and an Algerian have been arrested in Spain in connection with the March 11 Madrid train bombings, the Spanish interior ministry said.
Detained in the south-east coastal city of Valencia, Safwan Sabagh and Abdelkrim Beghadali, both 41, had been previously arrested in March in connection with the same investigation but released for lack of evidence.
The ministry said their fingerprints were found in the apartment in the Madrid suburb of Leganes in which seven people suspected of involvement in the bombings blew themselves up as the police closed in on April 3.
Their prints, and well as two phone numbers used by Sabagh, were also found in a Skoda car used by the bombers, responsible for nearly 200 deaths, and later found in Leganes, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, a Dutch court ruled Friday that a Belgian of Moroccan origin alleged to belong to an extremist group suspected of masterminding the Madrid bombings as well as last year's suicide bombings in Casablanca can be extradited to Belgium, the ANP news agency reported.
The 29-year old is suspected of being a member of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM), the organisation blamed for the March 11 attacks, but is not thought to have been directly involved.
The two men are due to appear within a few days before the judge who is leading the investigation into the bombings.
In all, 20 people are being held in connection with the attacks in Madrid, including 18 held in Spain.
None have been charged.
Ping
Syrian involvement. Why am I not surprised? Syria has the most to fear of any country from a democracy in Iraq and a loss to the Baath party.
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