'Militants arrested in Spain had links with LeT'
Of the 14 suspected terrorists, including two Indians, arrested in Spain were supporters of Lashkar-e-Toiba and the cell was planning to carry out suicide attacks in Barcelona on the orders of al Qaeda in Pakistan.
By PTI |
LONDON: Several of the 14 suspected terrorists, including two Indians, arrested in Spain were supporters of Lashkar-e-Toiba and the cell was planning to carry out suicide attacks in Barcelona on the orders of al Qaeda in Pakistan, a media report said on Monday.
The Spanish police today sought more time from the National Court to question the suspects, that included 12 Pakistanis. Spanish law allows detention without charge for a maximum of 72 hours for terrorist offences and the deadline will end tomorrow.
Citing unidentified sources probing the case, the daily 'El Periodico de Catalunya' said those arrested had received orders to commit a terror strike in Barcelona during a meeting with senior al Qaeda leaders in Pakistan's troubled Waziristan region.
"Several detainees were supporters of Lashkar-e-Toiba, a Pakistani group accused of carrying out bombings in India," the daily said, adding others were part of Takfir-ual-Hiyra, an extremist splinter group of Egypt's political movement
Muslim Brotherhood.
The suspects were detained on Saturday in the northern port city's Raval neighbourhood, home to many Arabic-speaking and Muslim immigrants.
The Spanish police today sought more time from the National Court to question the suspects, that included 12 Pakistanis. Spanish law allows detention without charge for a maximum of 72 hours for terrorist offences and the deadline will end tomorrow.
Citing unidentified sources probing the case, the daily 'El Periodico de Catalunya' said those arrested had received orders to commit a terror strike in Barcelona during a meeting with senior al Qaeda leaders in Pakistan's troubled Waziristan region.
"Several detainees were supporters of Lashkar-e-Toiba, a Pakistani group accused of carrying out bombings in India," the daily said, adding others were part of Takfir-ual-Hiyra, an extremist splinter group of Egypt's political movement
Muslim Brotherhood.
The suspects were detained on Saturday in the northern port city's Raval neighbourhood, home to many Arabic-speaking and Muslim immigrants.
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At least one of the suspects is involved in falsification of documents, according to the sources, who did not rule out "further arrests" in the case, which came on the eve of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's four-nation European tour.Download
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