Spanish 'bomb workshop' uncovered

The workshop was found in a house outside Morata de Tajuna

Security forces in Spain have found an explosives workshop where the bombs used in the Madrid train attacks may have been made, Spanish radio says.

Police found traces of explosives and detonators in a house near the village of Morata de Tajuna, 30km (18 miles) south-east of Madrid.

There has been no official comment, but the house is believed to be the home of one of those arrested in connection with the attacks.

It had been under police surveillance.

Police say they found traces of Goma-two explosives - the type used in Madrid

Arrests

At least 18 people - most of them of Moroccan origin - have already been arrested in Spain in connection with the bombings.

Moroccan authorities have been questioning several people they have detained in connection with the bombings, which killed 190 people.

A spokesman for the Moroccan government, Nabil Benabdallah, said the arrests were made in the north of the country, but declined to reveal the precise number of detainees and what they were suspected of.