Three men charged with placing backpack bombs on rush-hour commuter trains in the Madrid terror attacks of 2004 today denied any role in the massacre.

A Moroccan suspected of being the man who claimed responsibility for the 2004 Madrid terror bombings refused to answer prosecution questions today.

An Egyptian accused of being one of the masterminds of the Madrid terror attacks today told a court he had no involvement in the bombings, despite intercepted conversations in which he allegedly bragged that he was the brains behind them.

A trial into Europe’s worst terrorist attack in 15 years gets under way in Spain today, with 29 suspects facing charges in bombings that killed 191 rush-hour commuters nearly three years ago.