BBC News - Spain holds two North African 'al-Qaeda suspects' 23 April 2013 Last updated at 09:58 Spanish police have arrested two North African suspects thought to be linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. An Algerian identified as Nou Mediouni was arrested in Zaragoza, northern Spain, the interior ministry said. The other suspect, a Moroccan named Hassan El Jaaouani, was arrested in Murcia in the south. They have "a similar profile to the two suspects who carried out the Boston attacks," the ministry said. French police had helped to track them down.