ஸ்பெயின் :நீதிபதிகள், வக்கீல்கள் போலீஸ் ஆகியோரை கொல்ல திட்டமிட்டிருந்த இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் என்று அஞ்சப்பட்டவர்களில் 10 பேர் விடுதலை

இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் நீதிபதிகள், வக்கீல்கள், போலிஸ் என்று பலரை கொல்ல திட்டமிட்டிருந்தனர். 30 பேரை இதற்காக கைது செய்தது ஸ்பெயின் போலீஸ்.

இதில் 10 பேர் மீது குற்றம் நிரூபிக்கப்படவில்லை என்று கோர்ட் விடுதலை செய்துள்ளது.
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Spanish court frees 10 charged with plotting to bomb court pending a verdict

Trial started last October and concluded on January 14; judges deliberating

Suspects planned to kill judges, prosecutors and police, court order says

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By Madrid Bureau Chief Al Goodman

MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- A Spanish court has ordered the provisional release from jail of 10 of the 30 suspected Islamic extremists charged with plotting to bomb Madrid's anti-terrorism court pending a verdict.


Security at the Spanish National Court in Madrid has since been stepped up.

But five of the 10 will remain in jail on other charges, a court spokeswoman told CNN.

In addition, the five others who will leave jail are under orders to report every Monday to the police station nearest to their home, and to surrender their passports and not leave Spanish territory, according to a copy of the court order viewed by CNN on Monday.

The trial started last October and concluded on January 14. The three-judge panel hearing the case are now deliberating for a verdict that is not expected for at least several weeks, the spokeswoman said.

But the decision to release the suspects does not necessarily mean they will be acquitted, a court source told CNN. The judges decided that the suspects were entitled to be out of jail pending a verdict, the source said.

The alleged terrorists planned to kill hundreds of judges, prosecutors, support staff and police officers who work daily at the National Court, which tries cases of terrorism, according to a prosecution document viewed by CNN.

They also planned to destroy files against other Islamic terrorist suspects, including those linked to the Madrid train bombings, the document added.

In the summer of 2004 -- soon after the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people and wounded 1,800 others -- a key suspect in alleged courthouse plot sought to obtain 500 kg (1,100 lbs) of explosives for the courthouse attack, the prosecution document said.

The second court source earlier told CNN that all of the defendants insisted on their innocence at arraignments and other pre-trial hearings.

The trial took place in a secure basement courtroom equipped with bullet-proof glass separating the defendants from the judges and more bullet-proof glass separating the public from the court.

The defendants include 19 Algerians, 5 Moroccans and others from Mauritania, Afghanistan, Palestine, Lebanon and Spain.

Prosecutors base their case on testimony and documentation provided by a Moroccan man operating as a police informant and on wiretaps and intercepted correspondence between some of the suspects, according to the document and the second court source.

Police arrested most of the suspects in October 2004. Many of them had been convicted of other crimes and were serving time in prison, the document said.

At the time of the arrests, an attack on the courthouse "would have been easy," the second court source said. There are streets on three sides of the courthouse, and a main street runs next to the building.

The courthouse has since increased security, installing thick metal barriers to block traffic on the side and back of the building. E-mail to a friend