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.

Forensic scientists were struggling today to analyse body parts from up to four Madrid bombing suspects who blew themselves up as police prepared to storm their apartment.

A policeman was killed and seven people injured in an explosion during an anti-terrorist operation in a town south of Madrid tonight.

A 12-kilo bomb hidden in a bag on a busy high-speed rail line in Spain reignited terrorism fears in a country still traumatised by last month’s Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people.

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.

A Spanish judge today freed three men who had been arrested in connection with the Madrid train bombings, court officials said.

A TUNISIAN who has campaigned for a holy war in Spain was yesterday named as the leader of the Madrid terror bombers.

A Tunisian being sought under an international arrest warrant is the leader of the Madrid railway bombers, according to court documents released today.