Four suspected Islamic terrorists have been arrested in raids across Spain, police said on Tuesday. Spanish police said three of those arrested were linked to a new cell of radical Islamic terrorists. The fourth man is thought to be linked to an existing cell led by Mustapha El Maymouni, who played a part in the bombings in Madrid in which 191 people were killed in March. The raids were the latest stage of an operation - codenamed Nova - targeted against Islamic terrorism in Spain.Police named those arrested as Abdelkader Lebik, 31, an Algerian, who was arrested in Vitoria. He is wanted in connection with four international arrest warrants and is accused of murder, belonging to an armed terrorist group and possessing weapons and explosives. The second man is Abdallah Ibn Moutalib Kaddouri, 30, who is also Algerian and was arrested in Vitoria. He is accused of making false documents used by the group. Both men lived together with others in a rented apartment in Vitoria. Neighbours said they were well educated and had never caused any problems.
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The fourth suspect is Khalid Zeimi Pardo, 27, a Moroccan, who was detained in Madrid. Zeimi is said to have been linked to extremist Islamic groups active in Spain since the 1990s. He is said to have known Amer El Azizi, who is wanted for both the 9/11 attacks in the US and the Madrid bombings. He is also said to have been linked to Sarhane Ben Abdelmajid (nicknamed "The Tunisian"), Basel Ghalyoun, Said Berraj and Fouad El Morabit El Anghar, who were involved in the Madrid bombings. Zeimi was arrested earlier in connection with the Madrid attacks but subsequently released. Maymouni is the brother of the wife of Sarhane Ben Abdelmajid. He is in custody in Morocco for his alleged involvement in the bombing of Casablanca last year in which 45 people were killed.