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Sept. 26, 2005 / 7:48 AM

Spain arrests another bombing suspect

MADRID, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Another suspect in last year's Madrid train bombing that killed 191 people was detained Monday.

Abdelmajid Bouchar, from Morocco, was detained in Spain on a judge's orders after being extradited from Belgrade, where he was arrested in June, El Mundo newspaper reported in its online edition.

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Boucher is said to have been among suspected bombers who fled to an apartment outside of Madrid after the March 11, 2004, bombing.

More than 70 people have been arrested in connection with the Madrid train bombing.

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