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NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR EXPATS IN SPAIN - 12 NOVEMBER 2004
Spanish police probe link with
Van Gogh murder
11 November 2004
MADRID — Spanish police are investigating a possible link between a
detained Moroccan national and a suspect held in the Netherlands over
the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, the Spanish interior
ministry said.
A ministry spokesman said the Spanish authorities were probing a
possible link between Abdeladim Akouad, arrested at Morocco's request
in Barcelona in October 2003, and an unnamed suspect in the Van Gogh
case.
Moroccan authorities want to question Akouad over the 16 May, 2003
Casablanca bombings which killed 42 people, including four Spaniards.
Akouad is suspected of belonging to the radical underground group
Salafia Jihadia and is being held on suspicion of links to a criminal
group and possible involvement with preparing terrorist acts.
Moroccan authorities found a splinter group of Salafia Jihadia
responsible for the Casablanca bombings.
On Tuesday, top Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon said he saw no
discernible link between radical Islamic cells in Spain and the
gunning down of controversial director van Gogh, killed by a suspected
Islamic radical on 2 November.
"This is not a line of enquiry that we are following," Garzon said.
Van Gogh's suspected killer, Mohammed Bouyeri, who has dual Moroccan
and
Dutch nationality, was arrested shortly afterwards.
Subject: Spanish news www.expatica.com
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