As investigators learned more about the bombs that ripped through trains killing and maiming, millions of people across Spain gathered in chilly rain to protest the terror attacks and mourn the victims Friday. “It seems like the sky is crying,” said one woman. Up to 2.3 million people took to the streets of the Spanish capital to mourn the 199 dead and 1,…
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WHO WAS BEHIND THE MADRID BOMBINGS?
That Basque terrorists would top the list of the Spanish authorities’ suspects in Thursday’s devastating is hardly surprising: The terror group ETA has grown desperate as it finds itself increasingly marginalized even in Basque politics, and hounded by a sustained police crackdown both in Spain and France that has reduced its active ranks to an estimated…
UPDATED: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN MADRID BLAST
CNN REPORTS: Spanish interior minister says new line of Madrid blast investigation opened after police find van with detonators and Arabic-language tapes. Developing… Reuters is reporting:MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s interior minister said a suspect van had been found on Thursday near Madrid, scene of bombings that killed 190 people, containing seven deto…
UPDATED: 173+ PEOPLE KILLED IN MADRID EXPLOSIONS
MADRID, Spain — At least 173 people were killed and nearly 600 injured in a series of explosions on Madrid’s railway network at the height of morning rush hour, Spain’s interior minister says.Spanish officials are blaming the Basque separatist group ETA for the coordinated attack, which comes ahead of Sunday’s general election.Spanish Interior Minister A…