- Title: FILE: PICTURES OF MADRID BOMBING SUSPECT MOHAMED BEKKALI
- Date: 20th March 2004
- Summary: (U7) UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION (FILE) (REUTERS) 1. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF MADRID BOMBING SUSPECT, MOHAMED BEKKALI 0.15 2. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF MADRID BOMBING SUSPECT, MOHAMED BEKKALI 0.23 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Story Text: Pictures of Madrid bombing suspect Mohamed Bekkali.
"No to Terrorism. Peace!" read a sign at the
entrance to Madrid's oldest mosque, where Muslims on Friday
(March 19) shook their heads at the thought that two men
who prayed there may have masterminded last week's train
bombings.
Moroccans Jamal Zougam and Mohamed Bekkali, arrested
last Saturday (March 13) in connection with the attack that
killed 202 and injured more than 1,800.
The bombings, which police suspect were carried out by
al Qaeda-linked Islamic militants, dominated Friday prayers
at the mosque on a narrow street in the working-class
Tetuan district.
Abdul, one of scores of Muslims who gathered outside
the mosque after prayers, said Bekkali came to the mosque
but he did not pray.
Like many other worshippers, Abdul gave only his first
name.
Zougam, Bekkali and a third Moroccan were accused at
Madrid's High Court on Friday of 190 murders and of
belonging to a terrorist group. They denied involvement in
the blasts that ripped through four packed commuter trains
on March 11.
Friday's prayers at Tetuan and at other mosques in
Madrid mentioned the bomb attacks and rejected violence.
Many were worried about a backlash against Muslims.
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