Spanish Officer, 3 Suspects Die in Madrid-Area RaidSaturday, April 4, 2004
Bloomberg.com
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A Spanish police officer was killed and 11 were injured after suspected terrorists detonated explosives as police tried to enter their apartment in a Madrid suburb tonight, Spain's Interior Minister Angel Acebes said.
Three suspected terrorists killed themselves in the explosion. Some of them were being sought for the March 11 attacks that killed 191 people and injured more than 1,500 in Madrid, Acebes said.
The raid was part of the investigation following Spain's worst terrorist attack last month. Arrest warrants were issued Thursday for six suspects in connection with the March bombings, including one for a Tunisian alleged to have led the group that planted the explosives. Since the March attack, 24 people have been arrested, including two Syrians, two Indians, two Spaniards and 15 Moroccans. Some have been released.
"The terrorists used a powerful amount of explosives," Acebes said at a late-night news conference in Madrid. He said it was too early to identify the suspects killed in the blast.
Acebes said the police officer that died was 41 years old, was married and had two children.
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