Madrid train bombing suspects jailed

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.

The men were arrested last week as part of two-pronged crackdown that also netted 11 suspects who allegedly belonged to a Syria-based network that recruited people for suicide attacks in Iraq. The 11 were still undergoing questioning at the court today.