Spain Disrupts Terror Plot to Blow Up Madrid Courthouse
THE WASHINGTON POST
PARIS — Spanish authorities said Tuesday they disrupted a plot by a cell of Islamic radicals to blow up a Madrid court complex that serves as the home for the country’s top anti-terrorism investigators and judges.
Police arrested eight suspects in six different cities on Monday and Tuesday in an effort to break up the cell, which was composed primarily of people with criminal records, according to statements released by the Spanish Interior Ministry.
Interior Minister Jose Antonio Alonso said the suspects were planning an attack on the National Court building in Madrid. “Police are not ruling out other possible targets,” he told reporters Tuesday.
Authorities carried out searches in several locations across Spain but said they did not find any explosives or signs that an attack was imminent. Investigators also said they found no evidence to suggest that the alleged plotters were connected with the train bombings in Madrid in March that killed 191 people.
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Last Update: Tuesday, October 19, 2004. 9:21am (AEST)
"Arrests foil Spain court attack: sources"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police have arrested seven suspected Islamic militants in raids across Spain on to foil a planned bomb attack on the High Court, judicial sources say.
The arrests come seven months after train bombs killed 191 people in Madrid.
The seven suspects, including four Algerians and one Moroccan, have been arrested in the southern region of Andalusia, the Mediterranean city of Valencia and Madrid."