Bomb found on Madrid railway
2004-04-02 14:58
Madrid - Police found a bomb on Friday on a high-speed rail line between Madrid and Seville, Interior Minister Angel Acebes said.
Bomb-disposal experts alerted by a railway employee found 10-12kg of dynamite under a line about 60km south of Madrid on the rail line running to Seville, Acebes said.
The explosives were connected to a detonator with a 130m cable, the minister told a news conference.
He said it was not immediately known who placed the bomb.
The bomb scare came less than a month after 10 backpack bombs ripped through commuter train in Madrid, killing 191 people and injuring more than 1 800.
On Thursday, police in northern Spain defused three letter bombs addressed to journalists in Madrid.
Police experts defused two of the three devices hidden in a tin and containing around 60g of explosive and blew up the third.
- AFP