Remembering the 11M Madrid Train Bombings

Brian's Spain Domain

Mar 11 2024 | 00:13:31

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Show Notes

2024 marks the 20th anniversary of that fateful March 11th when ten packpacks full of explosives went off almost simultaneously in four different commuter trains in Madrid at the height of rush hour. The result was a massacre of unthinkable proportions. 193 people were killed and nearly 2,000 wounded, some maimed permamently. It was a […]

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