Spain falls silent to remember Madrid train dead
Spaniards lit candles, laid flowers and fell into a long, mournful silence today as they marked the first anniversary of bombs that ripped apart crowded Madrid commuter trains, killing 191 people and wounding more than 1,500.
King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia led government leaders and other dignitaries at the main memorial act – a silent, five-minute vigil at noon, inaugurating a grove of 192 olive and cypress trees, one for each person killed on the trains and a policeman killed when Islamic militant suspects seeking to avoid arrest blew themselves up.
