Madrid bombing
Madrid bombing
Jailed for up to 43,000 years, but who ordered bombings?
THREE main suspects in the Madrid train bombings were found guilty of mass murder yesterday and sentenced to tens of thousands of years in prison. But there was anger from victims' relatives as four others were acquitted on murder charges.
Madrid bombs 'mastermind' cleared by court
THREE terrorist ringleaders of the Madrid train bombings have been sentenced to thousands of years in jail for the murder of the 191 victims.
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Monument unveiled to 191 victims of Madrid terror bombings
SPAIN marked the third anniversary of Madrid's train bombings yesterday with the unveiling of a 30ft glass monument in honour of the 191 victims.
Shattered Spain's scars won't heal
TODAY will see royalty, politicians and citizens alike bow their heads in commemoration of the 191 killed and hundreds injured in the al-Qaeda- inspired attack on Madrid.
Algerian al-Qaeda poses new threat to north Africa and Europe
AL-QAEDA is using North Africa to open a new front in the international terror war.
Tense Spain waits for justice
DRESSED in a black jacket and jeans, the young Moroccan leans back gently in his chair. "No quiero contestar," the court hears. "I don't want to answer."
Madrid accused condemns bombs
ONE of the men accused of masterminding the Madrid train bombings yesterday condemned the blasts that killed 191 people, as the trial into Europe's deadliest al-Qaeda-related attack opened in a Spanish court.
Madrid bomb suspects face 40 years in jail
IT WAS Europe's worst terrorist attack in over a decade. Now, three years after bombs made of dynamite and nails ripped through four packed Madrid commuter trains, 29 suspects will appear in court tomorrow.
Key suspect in Madrid bombings turned over to Spain
A MUSLIM militant who is a key suspect in the 2004 Madrid terror bombings was yesterday turned over to Spain by Italy, where he has been convicted of terrorism.
Spain seeks justice for Madrid bombings
TWENTY-NINE people were charged by a Spanish judge yesterday for their roles in the 2004 Madrid train bombings, paving the way for one of Europe's biggest terrorism trials.
Moroccans pay respects to Madrid bomb victims
SPAIN held a sombre remembrance of the Madrid terror bombings yesterday - the second anniversary of the attacks - as a delegation from Morocco, home to many of the 24 suspects, observed a few minutes' silence at a railway station targeted in the massacre.
Madrid train bombings 'not the work of al-Qaida'
A TWO-year investigation into the Madrid train bombings concludes the Islamic terrorists who carried out the blasts were homegrown radicals acting on their own rather than at the behest of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network, two senior intelligence officials said.
Al-Qaeda's Spanish mastermind jailed
JUDGES in Spain yesterday sentenced the head of a Spanish al-Qaeda cell to 27 years in jail at the end of Europe's biggest terrorist trial of the fundamentalist group.
Aznar's party 'misled voters over bombing'
THE party in power in Spain at the time of the Madrid train bombings under-estimated threats from Islamic militants and responded to the massacre by misleading voters to try to salvage an imminent election, a parliamentary panel said yesterday.
Spanish police arrest 11 over links to terror group
SPANISH police today arrested 11 people linked to the Islamic terror network run by Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi.
Madrid bombing accused appears in court
A MAN accused of involvement in the Madrid bombing in which 191 people were killed appeared in court today.
Police arrest 12 'linked' to Madrid train bombings
SPANISH police yesterday arrested 12 people in connection with last year’s Madrid train bombings. Six Moroccans, three Syrians, one Egyptian, one Palestinian and one Algerian were held in Madrid.
Madrid bomb attack suspect is remanded in custody
A MAN accused of involvement in the Madrid bombings which killed 191 people was remanded in custody, yesterday.
Madrid blast detainee faces extradition court after arrest in UK
A MAN accused of involvement in the Madrid bombings in which 191 people were killed will appear in court in London today.
Madrid bomb suspect arrested in England
A SUSPECT accused of involvement in the Madrid train bombings was arrested by anti-terror detectives from Scotland Yard yesterday.
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