Conspiracy still in the air as Spain marks bombings

THREE years on from the train bombings that killed 191 people and injured more than 1,800, Spain’s political and social wounds are still aching, and the country is torn by a host of conspiracy theories.

Yesterday the nation remembered the victims with a towering glass monument bearing messages of condolence written in the days after the attacks.

King Juan Carlos, Queen Sofia and senior government officials presided over the ceremony outside the Atocha rail station, one of four targets in the string of 10 backpack bombs that ripped apart morning rush-hour commuter trains on March 11, 2004 —. Europe’s worst terrorist attack.