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BOMB FOUND ON SPANISH RAIL!!!!!!!

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 7:51 am
by stormraiser
I just got this in my inbox, but a bomb has been found on a high speed rail in Spain

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 8:03 am
by stormraiser
MADRID, Spain -- Police found a bomb Friday on a high-speed rail line between Madrid and Seville, Interior Minister Angel Acebes said.



Bomb-disposal experts alerted by a railway employee found 22-24 pounds of dynamite under a track about 40 miles south of Madrid on the rail line running to Seville, Acebes said.

The explosives were connected to a detonator with a 430-foot cable, the minister told a news conference.

He said it was not known who placed the bomb.

The bomb scare came less than a month after 10 backpack bombs ripped through commuter trains in Madrid, killing 191 people and injuring more than 1,800.

On Thursday, police in northern Spain on Thursday defused three letter bombs addressed to journalists in Madrid.

© 2004 The Associated Press

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 8:06 am
by cycloneye
Oh boy this time they did not have success making it blow thankfully.

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 8:52 am
by TexasStooge
This one must've been a defect, or the wires are cut. Either way it didn't blow, thank goodness.

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 9:11 am
by wx247
Goodness... they are still working and planning. It looks like they believe Spain is a prime target.

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 9:49 am
by Lindaloo
Sounds like they found a bomb from the first bombing that they did not detonate. Guess they decided not to blow it because Spain chickened out and pulled troops from Iraq.