MADRID TRAINS BOMBINGS - 11 MARCH 2004

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MADRID BOMBS BLASTS IN TRAINS

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11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings

On the morning of Thursday 11th March 2004, ten explosions occurred at the height of the Madrid rush hour aboard four commuter trains (known as Cercanías in Spain). All the affected trains were travelling on the same line and in the same direction between Alcalá de Henares and Atocha station in Madrid. A total of thirteen improvised explosive devices were reported to have been placed on the trains, two of the three devices which did not explode were subsequently destroyed in controlled explosions by the bomb disposal teams.

According to the summary of the judicial investigation [2], the explosions took place between 07:37 and 07:40 in the morning as described below (all timings given are in local time UTC/GMT+1):

Atocha Station (train number 21431) - Three bombs exploded. Based on the video recording from the station security system, the first bomb exploded at 7:37, and two others exploded within 4 seconds of each other at 7:38.

Outside Atocha Station, approximately 800 metres from the station at a location generally referred to as Calle Tellez after the street running adjacent to the tracks (train number 17305) - Four bombs exploded in different carriages of the train at approximately 7:39.

El Pozo del Tío Raimundo Station (train number 21435) - At approximately 07:38, just as the train was starting to leave the station, two bombs exploded in different carriages.

Santa Eugenia Station (train number 21713) - One bomb exploded at approximately 07:38.

All four trains containing explosive devices had departed the station at Alcalá de Henares between 07:01 and 07:14. At 08:00 emergency relief workers began arriving at the scenes of the bombings. The police reported "numerous victims" and spoke of 50 wounded and several dead. By 08:30 SAMUR, the emergency ambulance service, had set up a "field hospital" at a sports facility at Daoiz y Velarde. Hospitals were told to expect the arrival of many casualties. Bystanders and local residents helped relief workers. At 08:43 fire fighters reported 15 dead at El Pozo. By 09:00 the police had confirmed the death of at least 30 people; 20 at El Pozo and about 10 in Santa Eugenia and Atocha.