Police informer tells Madrid trial he warned of explosives trade

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MADRID (AFP) — A Moroccan man who acted as a police informer and stands accused of supplying explosives used in the March 2004 Madrid train bombings said Tuesday he told police several times about explosives trafficking in the months prior to Spain's worst terror attack.

"I told them. I mentioned all the suspicions I had regarding the explosives," insisted 27-year-old Rafa Zouhier, who faces 20 years in jail for alleged collaboration with a terrorist organisation and transporting explosives.

Prosecutor Javier Zaragoza asked Zouhier if between July 2003 and March 2004 he informed police of the sale of 150 kilos (330 pounds) of explosivos and he insisted he did, contrary to police accounts.

"In 2003 I warned that 'these people want to sell 150 kilos.' I told...