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German authorities conduct search in Spain bombing investigation
German prosecutors said Friday they are investigating suspected terrorism links of a Moroccan arrested in Spain after the Madrid train bombings because the man briefly lived in Germany. ...The 28-year-old suspect, whose identity was not released, apparently spent "only a few days" in Germany last fall, prosecutors said in a statement. ...One of three suspects arrested in Spain this week was enrolled to study electrical engineering at a Darmstadt university, said Fritz Behrens, the interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia state. ...People at a Darmstadt residential building said police commandos blew open the door to an apartment Thursday night, then several dozen officers swarmed in and searched the unit. ...The apartment search turned up no evidence of terrorist activity, said the ARD report, which cited no sources. They [the German prosecutors] said they have no evidence that the March 11 attacks were planned or prepared in Germany. Germany became a focus of terrorism investigations after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States when it emerged that three of the suicide hijackers had lived and studied in Hamburg.Are we seeing a pattern here? Posted by: Rafael 2004-03-26 |
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