A MAN presented by Spanish television as a witness who led police to a suspicious van after this week’s deadly bombings said he saw three men wearing balaclavas near the vehicle shortly before powerful blasts ripped through suburban trains killing 199 people.
| I always wear a balaclava when I want to be inconspicuous... |
The man, whose identity was not given, told TVE’s Informe Semanal program yesterday he was surprised to see the trio wearing the winter gear in Alcala de Henares, east of the capital Madrid, even though temperatures were rather mild on Thursday morning (local time) when the attacks were carried out. Two of the young men remained near the vehicle while the third, carrying a backpack and another bag and described as rather tall, headed to the Alcala train station from where the doomed trains departed for Madrid, he said. After yesterday’s attacks the man told police about the suspicious van in which investigators later found seven detonators and an audio tape with Koranic verses. Interior Minister Angel Acebes said yesterday the van had been reported stolen. The verses in Arabic were those "usually used to teach the Koran", and that they "did not contain any threat", he added.
| Note to coppers: If you see a guy wearing a balaclava on a warm day, you should probably shoot first and ask questions later. Makes it kinda hard on Anti-Globalism protesters, I know, but they're no great loss anyway. |
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