MADRID - SPAIN'S anti-terrorism court on Tuesday acquitted 10 of 14 suspected Islamic militants accused of helping three suspects in the 2004 Madrid train bombings to flee the country.
The four others were condemned to sentences of between two and nine years for belonging to a terrorist group or for falsifying documents, according to the ruling.
Prosecutors had called for sentences of between six and 14 years for 13 of those accused.
The charges were largely based on emails intercepted by police, but which the court ruled as invalid evidence.
All 14 were accused of being part of a group that helped three suspects in the Madrid train bombings flee the country.
A total of 191 people were killed and more than 1,800 injured in the March 11, 2004 attacks on Madrid commuter trains.
One of the three was Abdelilah Ahriz, a Moroccan, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in his home country on March 4 for his involvement in the attacks.
In October 2007, a court in Spain convicted 21 of 28 people on trial for the bombings. Last July, the supreme court acquitted four of them. -- AFP
