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FBI connects Portland lawyer to Madrid bombings
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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The fingerprints of an American lawyer arrested in the Madrid terror bombing probe were found on a plastic shopping bag containing detonators like those used in the train attacks, the Spanish government said Friday. (article 7)
A lawyer in Portland, Oregon, has been taken into custody by the FBI in connection with the March 11 terror attacks in Madrid, law enforcement sources told CNN. (article 6)
Muslim-convert Brandon Mayfield's detention on Thursday was based on information from Spanish authorities that the lawyer who the sources said had converted to Islam may have been involved in the train bombings that killed 190 people. (article 6)
Mayfield was taken into custody on a material witness warrant, said a senior law enforcement official in Washington, D.C., speaking on condition of anonymity. (article 3)
Newsweek magazine said the prints were on a bag containing bomb materials linked to the March 11 attacks, which killed 191 and wounded 2,000. (article 5)
Newsweek magazine reported that the man's fingerprints had been found on a bag that had carried explosives used in the attacks. (article 4)
The plastic shopping bag was found inside a stolen van left near the train station from which three of the four bombed trains departed, an Interior Ministry official said on condition of anonymity. (article 9)
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Story keywords
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Mayfield, Portland, Madrid, FBI, Nelson |
Source articles
- FBI agents arrest Oregon lawyer linked to Madrid train bombings (baltimoresun.com, 05/07/2004, 313 words)
- FBI connects Portland lawyer to Madrid bombings (dallasnews.com, 05/06/2004, 323 words)
- Ore. attorney is held in Madrid bombing (boston.com, 05/07/2004, 494 words)
- US lawyer held over Madrid bombs (BBC News, 05/07/2004, 216 words)
- ORE. LAWYER NABBED IN SPAIN BLASTS (NY Post, 05/07/2004, 258 words)
- Oregon attorney held in connection with Madrid bombings (CNN, 05/07/2004, 226 words)
- Spain Links U.S. Lawyer to Madrid Blasts (ABCNews, 05/07/2004, 865 words)
- U.S. Lawyer Named In Madrid Probe (CBS News, 05/07/2004, 676 words)
- Spain: American's fingerprints found on bag containing detonators (USA Today, 05/06/2004, 717 words)
- Lawyer's Fingerprint Linked to Bombing (Washington Post, 05/08/2004, 663 words)
- Family denies link to bombing (dallasnews.com, 05/07/2004, 282 words)
- Ore. Suspect in Spain Bombings Profiled (baltimoresun.com, 05/07/2004, 752 words)
- An American Connection? (msnbc.msn.com, 05/06/2004, 580 words)
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