The death toll in the Madrid terrorist train bombings was reduced by one to 190 because a foetus killed in the attack was not considered a person, Spanish officials confirmed today.

The fingerprints of an American lawyer arrested over the Madrid terror bombings were found on bag containing detonators of the kind used in the March attack, the Spanish government said today.

A Spanish judge today freed the six latest suspects detained in the Madrid rail bombings, a court official said.

Mar Roman, Madrid

The ringleader of last month’s Madrid terror attack was among four suicide bombers who blew themselves up as police prepared to storm their apartment, Spain’s interior minister said today.

Spain was plunged into further terror crisis today when a bomb was discovered on a high speed rail line near Madrid that was being used by hundreds of people heading on holiday.