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| New information on the Madrid booms |
| 2004-03-12 |
| Cut from a longer article. Acebes said the discovery of an unexploded bomb meant to be used in the bombing had opened new leads. A sports bag was found on one of the mangled trains which contained explosives similar to a type Acebes said ETA had used in the past. He said the detonator was the same as those found in the van in Alcala de Henares but did not address media reports that the type of detonator was different to ones commonly used by ETA. Which seems conclusive that the van was used by the boomers. The bomb was intended to be set off by a mobile phone and was packed with shrapnel, Acebes said. Packing shrapnel around a bomb to maximize death and injury is a paleo technique. |
| Posted by:Phil B |