Egyptian bombs expert held over Madrid outrage By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in Brussels (Filed: 09/06/2004) An explosives expert said to be one of the masterminds behind the Madrid train bombings was arrested in Italy yesterday Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, known as "Mohamed the Egyptian", was seized in Milan as he was planning more outrages, said Giuseppe Pisanu, the Italian interior minister.. Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed: conversations At least 16 other suspected Islamic extremists were arrested in a co-ordinated series of raids in Italy, Belgium, France and Spain. The attacks in March in Madrid killed 191 people and wounded 1,900. Mr Pisanu...