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| Details About Darmstadt Residence of Moroccan Arrested in Spain |
| 2004-03-27 |
| German police officers raided an apartment in the southern city of Darmstadt after learning that a Moroccan being held by Spanish authorities in connection with the Madrid train bombings had registered the address as his home, German authorities said Friday. .... Interior Minister Otto Schily told reporters that "we have no indication that the attacks in Madrid were planned or even prepared in Germany." The Moroccan suspect applied for a residence permit to study in Germany but was turned down, Schily said. He had previously studied in Spain. The man "was not someone who was classified as dangerous here," he said. The federal prosecutor’s office said the Moroccan had been registered at the Darmstadt address since October 2003 and appeared to have stayed in Germany for only a few days. The statement gave his age as 28, but provided no name. A man who lives in the Darmstadt building said by telephone that a man and a woman had lived in the targeted apartment for two or three years. He called them "very quiet and very nice." He said he believed from their speech that they were not German, but perhaps from a country that was formerly part of Yugoslavia. .... |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |