Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar has made a statement about the Madrid bombings. He’s called for all Spaniards to join national demonstrations against terrorism at 7pm tomorrow (Friday) night.
Update: Reuters have a brief report of the speech.
It is still too early to be able to count the toll with any accuracy. The link I post below speaks of 50 dead, others speak of more, and others less. Let us only hope the lower estimates are the accurate ones!
(Update 15 minutes after first post: the official death toll has now risen to [...]
I’ve not seen this mentioned much on blogs, so just to keep you informed.
A series of letter bombs have been sent to several senior European figures and MEPs. More information here and here or via Google News.
More bombers struck in Istanbul, killing the British Consul General and, at present reports, 25 others, with more than 450 injured.
Will there be more bombings in Istanbul?
Turkey already withstood suicide attacks by the PKK during that group’s campaign for Kurdish independence, and later after the capture of PKK leader Ocalan. Political and criminal bombings [...]
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