Tuesday, March 28, 2006

[Spain] 32 suspects accused of plot to bomb court / Expatica, 27 Mar 2006

Expatica's Spanish news in English: 32 suspects accused of plot to bomb court:
"A judge has indicted 32 suspected Islamic extremists in a failed plot to attack the National Court in Madrid, which tries terrorism cases. The suspects allegedly planned to pack a lorry with explosives and drive it into the building. The indictments were issued last week, but were only made public on Tuesday to coincide with a hearing for eight of the 32 suspects at the court. The rest will be formally notified of the indictments later this week.
The plot aimed to pack a truck with 500 kilogrammes of explosives and drive it into the National Court building, where nearly a thousand people work daily, including judges, prosecutors, lawyers and police officers, according to the 23-page indictment. The 32 suspects are charged with 'belonging to a terrorist group' and 'conspiracy to commit a terrorist attack with resulting deaths' and also with document forgery, the indictment said." [Snippet]