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Encyclopedia > 2006 Madrid Barajas International Airport bombing
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2006 Madrid Barajas International Airport bombing
2006 Madrid Barajas International Airport bombing
Smoke billows from the parking building in the Barajas Airport
Location Madrid, Spain
Target(s) Madrid Barajas International Airport
Date December 30, 2006
09:00 (UTC+1)
Attack Type van bomb
Fatalities 2
Injuries 26
Police in the damaged parking building.
Police in the damaged parking building.
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Explosion hits Madrid Airport's terminal 4

On the morning of December 30, 2006, an explosion took place in the carpark building attached to Terminal 4 of Madrid Barajas International Airport in Spain. It was reported by Time Warner employee Samantha Graham, who called into CNN around 8:34 GMT. Reuters also distributed a wire story on the event with sparse details. The article states that a bomb threat was phoned in at approximately 8:15 local time (7:15 GMT) that a bomb would explode at 9:00 local time (8:00 GMT).[1] After receipt of the warning, police were able to evacuate part of the airport.[2] Responsibility for the explosion has since been claimed by ETA.[3] Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (768x1024, 252 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 2006 Madrid Barajas International Airport bombing ... Location Coordinates : 40° 23’N , 3°43′0″W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Villa de Madrid (Spanish) Spanish name Villa de Madrid Founded 9th century Postal code 28001-28080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 91 (Villa de Madrid) Website http://www. ... New Terminal 4 Interior Terminal 4 Satellite Entrance to T4 Departures T4 Baggage Belts T4 - Upper level to check-in, lower levels to Arrivals and metro station) Newly opened Terminal 4 Madrid Barajas International Airport (IATA: MAD, ICAO: LEMD), located northeast of Madrids city center ( ), is the most important... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ... Car bomb in Iraq, made from a number of concealed artillery shells in the back of a pickup truck. ... Image File history File links Custodia_policial. ... Image File history File links Custodia_policial. ... Image File history File links Wikinews-logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... New Terminal 4 Interior Terminal 4 Satellite Entrance to T4 Departures T4 Baggage Belts T4 - Upper level to check-in, lower levels to Arrivals and metro station) Newly opened Terminal 4 Madrid Barajas International Airport (IATA: MAD, ICAO: LEMD), located northeast of Madrids city center ( ), is the most important... Time Warner Inc. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... For other meanings of ETA, see Eta. ...


The explosion was from a van bomb, a Renault Trafic containing 500 to 800 kilograms of explosives[4] stolen from a Spanish national in France, who was abducted and released shortly after the bombing.[5]. A similarly charged ETA van bomb was intercepted by the police going towards Madrid 11 days before the 2004 Madrid train bombings [6] [7] Car bomb in Iraq, made from a number of concealed artillery shells in the back of a pickup truck. ... The Renault Trafic is a large van manufactured by Renault. ... The 2004 Madrid train bombings (also known as 11-M, 3/11, 11/3 and M-11) consisted of a series of coordinated bombings against the commuter train system of Madrid, Spain on the morning of 11 March 2004, which killed 191 people and wounded over 1700. ...


The explosion took place in the terminal's car garage, and the interior minister has stated the parking garage was damaged (three of four stories were demolished by the explosion,[8] 60% of the building destroyed[9]). The terminal also received some damage.[8][10] 26 people have been slightly injured, mainly with damage to the ears because of the shockwave.[3][11]


The Ecuadorian Government stated that two Ecuadorian citizens died as a result of the bombing. The Spanish Government has not confirmed this statement yet.[12][13] Their bodies are missing, and the search for them is still underway.[14] Chief of State King Juan Carlos I, since November 22, 1975. ...


Entry has been restricted to all airport terminals by the Spanish national police until further notice. Air traffic since the incident has resumed at Terminal 4.[14]


Because of the attacks, Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has ordered the government to put "on hold" but not to cut indefinitely all peace talks with ETA.[2] The Prime Minister, or President of the Government (Spanish: Presidente del Gobierno), of Spain is the Spanish head of government. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see ETA (disambiguation). ...


Aftermath

Several silent concentrations took place across Spain on 31 December 2006. Some protesters against the bombings were just demonstrators against ETA. However, other demonstrators chanted cries against the government, and others asked about who committed the 2004 Madrid train bombings.[15] December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2004 Madrid train bombings (also known as 11-M, 3/11, 11/3 and M-11) consisted of a series of coordinated bombings against the commuter train system of Madrid, Spain on the morning of 11 March 2004, which killed 191 people and wounded over 1700. ...


References

  1. ^ "Explosion hits parking lot at Madrid airport", Reuters, 2006-12-30. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.
  2. ^ a b "Madrid bomb shatters ETA cease-fire", Reuters, 2006-12-31. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.
  3. ^ a b Webb, Jason, Sanz, Inmaculada. "Four hurt in Madrid airport bomb, ETA claims attack", Reuters, 2006-12-30. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.
  4. ^ (Spanish) "Madrid technicians raise estimated weight of explosive charge from 500 to 800 kilograms", El Mundo, 2006-12-31. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.
  5. ^ (Spanish) "The van's owner was kidnapped in France on the 27th and set free after the attack", El Mundo, 2006-12-31. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.
  6. ^ "Spain Campaigned to Pin Blame on ETA", The Washington Post, 2004-3-17. Retrieved on 2007-2-1. “On Feb. 29 [2004], police arrested two ETA members near Madrid as they drove a van packed with a half-ton of explosives.”
  7. ^ "Spain Campaigned to Pin Blame on ETA", BBC, 2004-3-12. Retrieved on 2007-2-1. “two Eta suspects were arrested last month driving a truck loaded with more than 500kg of explosives headed for Madrid”
  8. ^ a b (Spanish) Llerena, María José. "The ETA resurfaces and bombs the T4 in Barajas; two people go missing", El Mundo, 2006-12-30. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.
  9. ^ (Spanish) "The ETA detonated 200 kg of explosives in the T4; the search for the missing people continues", El Mundo, 2006-12-31. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.
  10. ^ (Spanish) "The ETA armed the bomb in Barajas with less than 200 kg of explosives", El País, 2006-12-30. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.
  11. ^ Woolls, Daniel. "2 Men Missing in Madrid Car Bombing", AP, 2006-12-31. Retrieved on 2006-12-31. “The explosion also injured 26 people, most of them with damage to their ears from the shock wave.”
  12. ^ (Spanish) "Ecuador affirms that two of its citizens died in the ETA attack", Milenio, 2006-12-30. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.
  13. ^ (Spanish) "Ecuador ensures that Moratinos confirmed to them the death of the two missing people", Libertad Digital, 2006-12-31. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.
  14. ^ a b (Spanish) "The firefighters continue the search for the two missing Ecuadorians after the attack in Barajas", El País, 2006-12-31. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.
  15. ^ (Spanish) Mucientes, Esther. "Thousands of citizens show their contempt for ETA and Government politics", El Mundo, 2006-12-31. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.

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