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Madrid explosions - Snapshot of latest developments - 1450 GMT

informer | 11.03.2004 15:55 | World

Here is a rundown of the latest news on explosions in Madrid that have killed at least 173 people:

* 173 killed in multiple simultaneous explosions on packed Madrid trains at three train stations, nearly 900 wounded
* 13 explosions in total, three controlled by security forces
* No warning given
* No claim of responsibility
* Spanish conservative government blames Basque separatist group ETA
* Radical Basque nationalist says he does not think ETA carried out the attacks
* Spanish election on Sunday, but campaigning was suspended after the bombs. Debate over ETA had played large part in the campaign
* Spain is part of the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq

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  1. Batasuna condemns the bombings ( fetched from Reuters 11 Mar 04, 18:00 ) — informer
  2. 20:00 GMT Latest — Unbeliever
  3. who knows? — mark
  4. Agreed - we don't know — Unbeliever
  5. If it is al-qaeda — mark
  6. OK...Coward — Osama isn't running for election