Bombers jailed for Madrid bomb plot
Members of an Islamic terrorist cell who plotted to blow up the Spanish High Court have been jailed.
Moroccan Abderrahmane Tahiri, described as "nearly obsessed" with his plan to kill Spanish judges, was sentenced to 14 years.
He recruited 19 other Muslim extremists, mostly from Morocco and Algeria, and came up with the plan to mount a second bomb attack in the Spanish capital Madrid.
Two of his cohorts were sentenced for assisting terrorists and 17 other men received jail terms for being members of a terrorist group.
Another group of Islamist bombers killed 191 people in attacks on Madrid trains in March 2004, for which 21 men have been jailed.
Spanish police arrested 14 South Asians suspected of plotting to attack Barcelona's Metro subway in January.
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