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Spain remembers victims on 12th anniversary of Madrid train bombings

Xinhua, March 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

Victims associations and politicians from Spain's main political parties gathered in Madrid to remember the 191 people killed in the Madrid train bombings on March 11, 2004.

The 12th anniversary of the worst terrorist outrage committed in Europe was significant as it is the first time different victims' associations have put their differences behind them to appear together.

Acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was among those present, along with Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez and Pablo Iglesias, the leader of left wing formation, Podemos.

They were joined by the Mayor of Madrid, Manuela Carmena, and the President of the Community of Madrid, Cristina Cifuentes.

Rajoy said that combatting terrorism was "a priority" for Spain.

"Spain will continue to defend, as it has always done, the lives, rights and freedom of its citizens, both within Spain and abroad," he commented.

The Madrid train bombings saw members of an Al-Qaeda inspired terrorist cell explode four bombs on commuter trains bound for Madrid's Atocha Station.

As well as causing 191 deaths, around 2,000 people were injured in the blasts. Endit