131 killed in Spain's blackest day of terror

A string of powerful bomb explosions rocked three Madrid railway stations today just days before Spain’s general election, killing at least 131 rush-hour commuters and injuring hundreds more in what officials called the deadliest attack ever by the Basque separatist group ETA.

A string of powerful bomb explosions rocked three Madrid railway stations today just days before Spain’s general election, killing at least 131 rush-hour commuters and injuring hundreds more in what officials called the deadliest attack ever by the Basque separatist group ETA.

“This is a massacre,” government spokesman Eduardo Zaplana said.

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