Two new suspects jailed
2004-03-25 07:35
Madrid, Spain - A Spanish judge jailed two more suspects on Wednesday in connection with the Madrid bombings, bringing to 11 the number of people charged so far.
Court officials said Judge Juan del Olmo jailed Moroccans Rafa Zuher and Naima Oulad Akcha after questioning them separately for more than six hours. They were arrested over the weekend.
Del Olmo charged them with collaborating with a terrorist group.
Spanish authorities have arrested a total of 15 suspects in connection with the March 11 railway bombings - 11 Moroccans, two Indians, one Algerian and a Spaniard. Thirteen remain in custody, of whom 11 now have been charged and jailed pending further investigation. One Moroccan and the Algerian have been released.
The attacks killed 190 people and injured at least 1 800.
Of the suspects charged so far, five have been charged with mass murder and belonging to a terrorist group and six have been charged with collaborating.
Naima Oulad Akcha was the first woman to be arrested in the case. She is a sister to Khalid Oulad Akcha, who was in jail elsewhere in Spain in a separate case, and was detained last weekend and brought to Madrid under Del Olmo's orders.
Khalid Oulad Akcha and another person arrested over the weekend, Faisal Ullac, are expected to be questioned by the judge on Thursday.
- AP