Italy hands Madrid bombing suspect over to Spain

A Muslim militant charged as a key suspect in the 2004 Madrid terror bombings was today turned over to Spain by Italy, where he has been convicted of terrorism, police said.

Italy hands Madrid bombing suspect over to Spain

A Muslim militant charged as a key suspect in the 2004 Madrid terror bombings was today turned over to Spain by Italy, where he has been convicted of terrorism, police said.

Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, a 35-year-old Egyptian, is described by Spanish investigators as one of the organisers of the March 11, 2004 bombings that killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,700 in a string of bomb blasts on the southern Madrid commuter rail network.

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