An Algerian fugitive suspected of playing a key role in the Madrid terror bombings of 2004 died in Iraq while fighting US-led forces, a newspaper 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.

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.

SPANISH police yesterday arrested a north African man who is suspected of involvement in the train bombings that killed almost 200 people in Madrid last month.