New terror fears after Spanish rail bomb find

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.

Authorities immediately stopped six high-speed trains using the Madrid-Seville line after the bomb was discovered before noon yesterday under a track around 40 miles south of Madrid. About 1,600 passengers left their trains and were taken to their destinations by charter buses.