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.

A judge today jailed two Moroccan brothers on provisional charges of collaborating with a terrorist group in connection with the deadly Madrid train bombings last year, but ordered their parents to be released.