GARDAÍ were last night gathering information on an Irish man arrested yesterday by Spanish police in connection with the discovery of two bodies, thought to be those of missing Dublin criminals.

Spanish and Moroccan officials had no comment on reports today that their respective security forces were responsible for shooting at five immigrants who were killed when hundreds rushed a barrier at one of its two enclaves on the northern Morocco coast.

A truck carrying steel girders ran over police manning a checkpoint outside Madrid today, killing five people and injuring two others, officials said.