An alleged ringleader of the March 2004 Madrid bombings appeared in a Milan court today at the scheduled start of his trial on charges of international terrorism and plotting another attack in an undisclosed location.

An alleged ringleader of the March 2004 Madrid bombings goes on trial in Milan tomorrow, charged with international terrorism and plotting another attack in an undisclosed location.

Police found detailed data on Spanish trains, a map of the London Underground and information on Montreal’s rail system on the personal computer of a Moroccan who was questioned over the Madrid terror bombings and later released, it was reported today.

The judge investigating last year’s train bombings in Madrid has jailed five men suspected of having close ties to organisers of the attack and helping key suspects flee Spain, officials at the National Court in Madrid said today.

Spanish police have arrested three Moroccans suspected of helping finance last year’s train bombings in Madrid and providing weapons today.

Spanish authorities have ended their interrogation of an Egyptian suspect in last year’s Madrid train bombings and will send him back to Italy where he is accused of links to militant Muslim groups, court officials said today.

A judge today jailed two Moroccan brothers on provisional charges of collaborating with a terrorist group in connection with the deadly Madrid train bombings last year, but ordered their parents to be released.

Four suspected Islamic militants arrested in the Canary Islands arrived in Madrid under heavy guard today, an official said.

A Spanish judge today was to question an alleged mastermind of the Madrid train bombings, which killed 191 people in Spain’s worst terrorist attack.

The suspected leader of a Muslim cell that allegedly plotted to blow up Spain’s National Court in Madrid hoped to kill senior judges and destroy massive case files on Islamic terror probes, officials said today.

Seven North Africans arrested by Spanish police were plotting a major bombing attack against the National Court, a hub of Spain’s investigations of Islamic terrorism, newspapers reported today.

A man accused of forging passports and other documents used by suspects in the Madrid terror bombing has been arrested, court officials said in Madrid.

THREE Spaniards accused of helping supply the dynamite used in the Madrid train bombings were charged with terrorism yesterday.

Three Spaniards accused of helping supply the dynamite used in the Madrid train bombings were charged with terrorism today.

Police in the northern mining region of Asturias arrested two more Spaniards on Monday accused of helping supply the dynamite used in the Madrid train bombings attacks, authorities said.

The Spanish government agreed today to ask Italy to extradite an Egyptian considered one of the masterminds of the Madrid terror attack.

ITALIAN anti-terrorist police yesterday captured one of the masterminds of the March 11 Madrid bombings as part of an investigation involving police in at least two other European countries.

Interpol has issued notices for four more Moroccans wanted in connection with the March 11 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people, the international police organisation said.

Spanish police have arrested a Saudi, an Egyptian and a Moroccan in connection with the Madrid rail massacre.

Police have arrested seven more suspects in the Madrid bombings, court officials said today.

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Two Moroccans went to court today for questioning in connection with last month’s train bombings in Madrid.

SPAIN has been placed on unprecedented security alert during a week when millions of people pack trains and roads to go away for Easter.

Forensic scientists were struggling today to analyse body parts from up to four Madrid bombing suspects who blew themselves up as police prepared to storm their apartment.

A policeman was killed and seven people injured in an explosion during an anti-terrorist operation in a town south of Madrid tonight.

A 12-kilo bomb hidden in a bag on a busy high-speed rail line in Spain reignited terrorism fears in a country still traumatised by last month’s Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people.

A Spanish judge today freed three men who had been arrested in connection with the Madrid train bombings, court officials said.

A Tunisian being sought under an international arrest warrant is the leader of the Madrid railway bombers, according to court documents released today.

A Spanish judge issued international arrest warrants today for five people in connection with the Madrid train bombings, and re-arrested a released Moroccan suspect, a court official said in Madrid.

A Spanish judge charged two more suspects in the Madrid railway bombings early today, bringing the total number of people charged in the case to 14, court officials said.

Spanish police have arrested five more suspects for questioning over the Madrid train bombings, bringing to 18 the number detained.

TWO more suspects have been charged in connection with the Madrid commuter massacre.

Spanish police have arrested five more suspects for questioning over the Madrid train bombings, bringing to 18 the number detained.

Two more suspects have been charged in connection with the Madrid commuter massacre.

A Spanish judge tonight remanded two more suspects in jail in connection with the Madrid bombings, bringing to 11 the number of people charged so far.

SPANISH authorities yesterday lowered the death toll in the Madrid bombings from 202 to 190 citing errors in identifying bodies.

A judge charged four more suspects – three Moroccans and a Spaniard – with terrorism and mass killings over the Madrid bombings early today.

A judge today provisionally charged three Moroccans with the mass killings in the Madrid terror attacks, and ordered them and two Indian suspects held for further investigation, a court official said.

THE massive multinational probe into the Madrid bombings made significant progress yesterday, with police in Spain arresting five more suspects and bringing five others before a judge.

Spanish police have arrested four more suspects, believed to be of Moroccan origin, in the hunt for the Madrid terror bombers.