Spain charges two Chechen Qaeda suspects for terror

MADRID: A Spanish judge on Sunday charged two Chechen members of Al-Qaeda with belonging to a terrorist group and possessing bomb-making material, authorities said.

The two men were arrested Wednesday as they headed on a bus for the French border. Another man, a Turk, was arrested in a flat in the southern province of Andalucia, where police discovered the explosives.

Judge Pablo Ruz, who ordered the two Chechens jailed pending trial, based his decisions on information provided by US, French, Russian and Gibraltar authorities.

He said he could see connections between the two Chechens and other people investigated for terrorist group ties.

The two Chechens charged Sunday are Eldar Magomedov, who also goes by the name Ahmad Avar, and Muhamed Ankari Adamov. (AFP)