In Spain, eight suspected terrorists have been arrested in Barcelona, accused of having links to radical Islamic cells in Pakistan and collaborating with the group that carried out the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai. Seven of the Pakistani men were arrested yesterday and one north African man was arrested early today. They belonged to a group that made fake identification documents which were sent to Pakistan to be used in attacks. They were also accused of sending money and fake documents to the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, Interior Ministry said, they were taken into custody in raids conducted on a group suspected of forging passports for the terror outfit Al-Qaida. Spain's leading Cadena SER radio reports, the detainees formed part of a group based in Thailand and are linked to Pakistan-based terror group, Lashkar-e-Taiba. The arrests took place in raids carried out late yesterday and early today in the northeastern city of Barcelona and in the surrounding region of Catalonia.
News On AIR | December 1, 2010 9:08 PM
Eight Pak origin men held in Spain for suspected links with 26/11