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2 August 2012 Last updated at 12:06 GMT
'Al-Qaeda trio' arrested in southern Spanish towns
Police have arrested three suspected al-Qaeda members in southern Spain.
Explosive material was seized at an address in San Roque where a Turkish man
was arrested. Two other men were held near Almuradiel.
They are thought to have been planning an attack in Spain or elsewhere in
Europe, according to the Spanish Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz.
It is reportedly the first time such suspects have been found with explosives.
The material is currently being tested but is thought to be enough to "destroy
a bus", Mr Diaz told reporters.
Earlier reports had suggested that poison had been found at the same address.
Police suspect at least one of those arrested has attended training camps in
Pakistan, reports say.
Two of the suspects were travelling in a bus towards France when they were
arrested in a lay-by near Almuradiel by a police special operations group, Mr
Diaz said.
He added that one of the men put up "massive resistance".
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula had issued a message at the beginning of July
looking for Spanish-speaking "lone wolves" as operatives, according to Spain's
El Pais newspaper.
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