14 arrested amid fears of terrorism attacks
Spain ? Police arrested 14 suspected Islamic militants in early morning raids Saturday, amid fears the men were plotting a terrorist attack in Barcelona, the interior minister said.
The suspects, 12 Pakistanis and two Indian nationals, were arrested less than two months before national elections in Spain. The country’s last vote in March 2004 was held just after the Madrid train bombings – Europe’s worst Islamic-linked terror attack.
There are fears that Islamic militants could try a similar plot to disrupt this year’s vote, scheduled for March 9.
Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba gave no details on what sort of an attack allegedly was being plotted, but said authorities found four timers and other explosives-related material in some of the suspects’ homes.

