MADRID (AP) — Police have arrested two suspected members of al-Qaida’s North African branch in Spain, one of whom Spanish authorities alleged praised the Boston Marathon bombings, but neither of whom was known to possess any explosives or be planning any attack.Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz asserted to reporters Tuesday that there was “sufficient grounds” to warrant the arrests, adding that they were made to avoid “greater risks.” He said the two suspects — an Algerian and a Moroccan — were acting as “lone wolves.”
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