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March 11

March 15, 2012 by Guy Hedgecoe Leave a Comment

Another anniversary of the Madrid terrorist attacks of March 11, 2004, comes and goes and with it, another storm of acrimony that highlights, in the ugliest way possible, Spain’s divisions. It’s now eight years since bombs planted by Islamic radicals were detonated on trains in or near Madrid during the morning rush hour, killing 191 people and injuring nearly 2,000 more. Enough time, you would think, for society to digest and come to terms with the attack, if not the grief it caused. But as dozens of relatives of those killed gathered at Atocha train station on Sunday, to listen to a saxophonist play a moving recital to their loved ones and others pay verbal tributes, the mood was … [Read more...] about March 11

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