Trial of Madrid bomb suspect adjourned

Defence attorneys today questioned the existence of an Italian-based terrorist cell headed by an alleged ringleader of the 2004 Madrid bombings at the start of the man’s trial on charges of international terrorism and plotting another attack.

Luca D’Auria, the court-appointed attorney for Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, made a series of technical objections to prosecutors’ claims that the cell headed by the Egyptian was planning another attack in an unspecified location.