Police make Madrid train arrests

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Spanish police have arrested five men who may have helped two key suspects in the Madrid train bombings escape.

The interior ministry said the five were arrested in cities across Spain and were being held on suspicion of links to international terrorism.

They were being investigated for allegedly helping suspects Mohamed Belhadj and Mohamed Afalah flee following the 2004 train bombings.

Nearly 30 suspects are due be tried for the attacks, which killed 191 people.

The latest people to be arrested were named as Zohaib Khadiri, Djilali Boussiri, Nasreddine Ben Laid Amri, Samir Tahtah and Kamal Ahbar.

The ministry did not give their nationalities.