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Blast in Spain kills officer, 3 terrorism suspects
Interior minister Acebes: Suspect chanted in Arabic as they died
From Al Goodman
CNN Madrid Bureau Chief
Saturday, April 3, 2004 Posted: 6:56 PM EST (2356 GMT)

MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- A Spanish policeman was killed and 11 others injured when three suspected terrorists blew themselves up as police were closing in on them, Spanish Interior Minister Angel Acebes said.

Acebes said the suspects chanted in Arabic as they set off the explosion, which ripped through an apartment block, blowing out walls and windows.

Police were entering the building to search for suspects who may be linked to the Madrid commuter train bombings of March 11, a reporter from CNN partner station CNN+ said.

The explosion, in a four-story building in Leganes, a suburb about 10 miles south of Madrid, happened at 9 p.m. (2 p.m. ET).
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