Spanish police arrest two al-Qaida suspects

Spanish police have arrested two suspected members of al-Qaida’s North African branch.

The Interior Ministry say the pair have a similar profile to the suspects in the recent attacks in Boston.

A statement today said one Algerian was arrested in the north-eastern city of Zaragoza while a Moroccan was arrested in the south-eastern city of Murcia.

The interior ministry said the two were suspected members of a cell of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, a branch of al Qaida that operates in north-west Africa.

The ministry gave no immediate details as to how their profile was similar to those suspected of carrying out two bomb attacks during the Boston Marathon last week.