Spain searches home of extremist suspect held in Switzerland

Spanish authorities are searching the Barcelona home of a Syrian detained in Switzerland, who allegedly traveled in a car found with traces of explosives.
The Interior Ministry said in a statement today that the search was aimed at uncovering evidence about the suspect and another Syrian detained in Geneva on December 11.
Those arrests came after Swiss authorities stepped up vigilance during a hunt for at least four suspects allegedly linked to the radical Islamic State group and believed to be plotting a specific attack.
The Geneva prosecutor later said the Syrians were not linked to those four, but were also suspected of violating a ban on radical groups.

The Spanish ministry identified the suspects only as AA, 19 years old; and KA, 24, and said one holds Spanish residency.