2004 Madrid train bombings

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The 2004 Madrid train bombings were a series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks on commuter trains in Madrid that killed 193 people and injured thousands, becoming one of Europe’s deadliest terror incidents.

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instanceOf Islamist terrorist attack
bombing
mass murder
railway accident
suicide bombing
terrorist attack
aftermath strengthening of Spanish anti-terrorism laws
withdrawal of Spanish troops from Iraq
alsoKnownAs 11-M
2004 Madrid train bombings
surface form: Madrid bombings of 11 March 2004

2004 Madrid train bombings
surface form: Madrid train bombings
category Islamic terrorism in Spain
Railway accidents in 2004
Terrorist incidents in Spain in 2004
cityAffected Madrid
commemoratedOn European Day of Remembrance of Victims of Terrorism
continent Europe
country Spain
date 2004-03-11
explosiveMaterial Goma-2 ECO
fatalities 193
hasVictimMemorial Atocha Renfe metro station
surface form: Atocha station memorial
injured around 2000
over 2000
investigatedBy Audiencia Nacional
Spanish police
surface form: Spanish National Police
location Community of Madrid
Madrid
month March
motive Islamist extremism
opposition to Spanish involvement in the Iraq War
numberOfDetonatedBombs 10
numberOfExplosions 10
numberOfFailedBombs 3
partOf global jihadist terrorism
perpetrator Islamist militants
jihadist cell inspired by al-Qaeda
politicalImpact contributed to electoral defeat of José María Aznar’s government
influenced 2004 Spanish general election
railOperator Renfe Operadora
surface form: Renfe
significance deadliest terrorist attack in Spain
one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Europe
stationAffected Madrid Atocha railway station
surface form: Atocha station

Calle Téllez near Atocha
El Pozo del Tío Raimundo station
Santa Eugenia station
target Madrid commuter rail system
civilians
commuter trains
timeOfDay morning rush hour
transportModeAttacked train
weapon improvised explosive devices
year 2004

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al-Qaeda notableAttack 2004 Madrid train bombings
2004 Madrid train bombings alsoKnownAs 2004 Madrid train bombings
this entity surface form: Madrid train bombings
2004 Madrid train bombings alsoKnownAs 2004 Madrid train bombings
this entity surface form: Madrid bombings of 11 March 2004