MADRID, Spain — An Islamic militant cell broken up over the weekend had planned a suicide attack targeting Barcelona’s public-transport network, a Spanish judge said Wednesday. He ordered 10 suspects jailed pending further investigation and freed two others.
Judge Ismael Moreno of the National Court made the announcement after questioning the 12 suspects for seven hours. He said three of those ordered jailed had been planning a suicide attack for last weekend. The role of the others was unclear.
Police detained 14 people in Saturday’s raids in Barcelona — 12 Pakistanis and two Indians — but authorities later released two of them without charge, the National Court said. The nationalities of those freed were not made public.
Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said that during the raids, police also seized materials that could be used to make bombs.
