Judge names new suspect in Madrid train bombings case

THE judge who led the investigation into the Madrid train bombings named a new suspect yesterday, saying he was close to suspected ringleaders, and asked Moroccan authorities to arrest him.

The man was identified as Moroccan Abdelilah Hriz.

Judge Juan del Olmo said DNA matching that of Hriz, 29, was found on a comb at a suburban Madrid apartment where seven alleged ringleaders of the March 2004 attack blew themselves up as police moved in to arrest them three weeks after the bombings.