Police hunting for suspects in the Madrid terrorist bombings cordoned off an area in the southern outskirts of the capital Saturday, a government spokesman said. There was a report that one person was killed.
| Presumably one of the Bad Guys... |
Police in the town of Leganes were looking for "several" suspects in an anti-terrorist operation connected to the March 11 attack, which killed 191 people and injured more than 1,800, Interior Ministry spokesman Richard Ibanez said. He could not say how many suspects there were, or their importance or connection to the attacks. The national news agency Efe reported that police carried out a controlled explosion in a nearby plaza. The agency said one person was killed and several were injured, but it had few other details.
"You'll never take us alive, coppers!"
"Manuel! Blow the house." |
This could not immediately be confirmed, although ambulances were seen rushing to the area. Some residents of the area were evacuated and others were told to stay indoors as police carried out their search, said local resident Oscar Merino, 33. He said searchlights from three low-flying helicopters scanned the neighborhood. Spain already has charged 15 people in the March 11 bombings on four commuter trains, Spain's worst terror attack. The government has said its investigation is focused on the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group, which has ties to the al-Qaida network. |