Spain arrests 5 for possible ties to Madrid bombers

MADRID, Jan 3 (Reuters) Spanish police have arrested five people who could have helped two suspects escape after the 2004 train bombings in Madrid, the Interior Ministry said today.

The ministry said in a statement the five were arrested in cities around Spain on suspected links to international terrorism. It said they had also been in contact with a third man linked to the March 11 bombings which killed 191 people.

In the raids, police seized false documents, receipts for telephone calls to Afghanistan, cash and three computers.

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