Suspected Ringleader of Madrid Bombings Dies in Explosion

Spain's acting¹ interior minister says the suspected ringleader behind the March 11 train bombings in Madrid killed himself as police closed in on him. He and others who blew themselves up were preparing to carry out more terrorists attacks.

The four suspected terrorists blew themselves up late Saturday as members of an elite³ corps⁴ of police closed in on their hideout in an apartment house in the south Madrid suburb of Leganes.

One Spanish police agent also was killed and 15 others agents injured when the explosion ripped open one side of the building, exposing three floors.

According to acting Interior Minister Angel Acebes, the suicide of the four suspects meant that the core members of the terrorist cell that organized the bombing of four commuter⁵ trains heading for Madrid on March 11 are either dead or in prison.

Mr. Acebes said that among those killed in the Saturday night blast was the suspected leader of the terrorist cell, a Tunisian identified as Sarhane ben Abdelmajid Fakhet.

He along with another suspect, a Moroccan named as Agdennabi Kounjaa, were on a list of six suspected terrorists for whom a Spanish judge had issued an international search warrant.

A third suspect was not on that list, while the fourth was not immediately identified.

Authorities said one of the suspects' bodies was found wearing a belt loaded with explosives.

The interior minister said police searching the rubble⁶ of the apartment building also found 22 pounds of intact dynamite⁷ and 200 detonators of the type used in the Madrid attacks and attached to a bomb found Friday on tracks of the high-speed train that runs between Madrid and Seville.

Mr. Acebes said that the suspects were clearly planning to carry out more terrorist attacks. He also said that two or three other people may have escaped the police dragnet before the blast.

Spain is holding 15 people, 11 of them of Moroccan origin, in connection with the train bombings.

Mr. Acebes has blamed the Madrid bombings on the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group, which allegedly is linked to Osama bin² Laden's al-Qaida terrorist network and to a suicide terrorist attack in Casablanca last May that killed 24 people.
注释：
interior [in5tiEriE] adj. 内部的，内的
ringleader [5rINli:dE(r)] n. 魁首，头目
Madrid [mE5drid] n. 马德里，西班牙首都。
blow up v. 炸掉，爆炸
elite [eI5li:t] n. 中坚分子
hideout n. 隐匿处
Leganes 雷卡内斯，位于马德里郊区。
commuter train 市郊火车
Tunisian [tju:5nIzIEn] n. 突尼斯人
Moroccan [mE5rRkEN] n. 摩洛哥人
warrant [5wCrEnt] n. 授权，批准
belt [belt] n. 带子
loaded [5lEudid] adj. 装满的
rubble [5rQbl] n. 碎石
intact [in5tAkt] adj. 完整的
dynamite [5dainEmait] n. 炸药
detonator [5detEuneitE] n. 雷管，炸药
Seville [sE5vil] n. 塞维利亚，位于西班牙西南部
dragnet [`drA^net] n. 搜索网
Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group 摩洛哥伊斯兰战斗团
allegedly [E5ledVIdlI] adv. 依其申述
al-Qaida 基地组织
Casablanca [7kAsE5blANkE] 卡萨布兰卡，摩洛哥西北部港市。

 

1 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

2 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

3 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

4 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

5 commuter   

n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者

参考例句：

• Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
• She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。

6 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

7 dynamite   

n./vt.(用)炸药(爆破)

参考例句：

• The workmen detonated the dynamite.工人们把炸药引爆了。
• The philosopher was still political dynamite.那位哲学家仍旧是政治上的爆炸性人物。