Spaniards honoured the victims of the 2004 terrorist attack
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In Spain, the victims of terrorist attacks on several trains in Madrid in 2004 are remembered. The attacks killed 192 people and injured almost 2,000.
Spain is commemorating the victims of the March 11, 2004, bombings that occurred after a series of bomb attacks by the al-Qaeda terrorist organization. The terrorist attack took the lives of nearly 200 people on commuter trains.
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Twenty years after the terrorist attacks of March 11, 2004 in Madrid, the memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks in Spain is commemorated by numerous events.
Context
On Monday, exactly twenty years ago, a series of bomb attacks by the al-Qaeda terrorist organization took place in the Spanish capital. These terrorist attacks, which were for a long time the largest in Europe, resulted in 192 deaths and nearly 2,000 injuries. This is the most serious Islamist attack in European history.
Details
King Felipe of Spain and Queen Letizia of Spain paid tribute to the victims of the 2004 terrorist attacks in Madrid. The Spanish royal couple observed a minute of silence during a meeting in Madrid, and Felipe also gave a speech.
Most of us remember exactly where we were, what we were doing, and even how we felt that fateful morning
Felipe recalls how he went to the hospital with his wife Letizia and mother Sofia that same day to support the victims and their families.
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