MADRID, May 1 (Xinhuanet) -- Two car
bombs exploded Wednesday near the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid
wounding several people including two national police agents, according to
sources from the investigation. Basque homeland and freedom
(ETA) detonated these explosives, which were stolen last March 28. The first
car bomb, which contained 20 kilograms of explosives, had its license plates
disfigured and was stolen that same day in Madrid, said the local police
department. The second car bomb exploded a half hour later at
the Embajadores area. The car was the same one the terrorists escaped in
after detonating the first car bomb, according to the
authorities. The second car bomb had one kilogram of
dynamite placed underneath the driver's seat and it seemed as if it too had
its license plates folded to conceal its identity. The
police said that 25 minutes prior to the explosion, an individual warned
local daily Gara of the car bomb, and security forces were informed right
away. The police had enough time to seal the area but not to
conduct a controlled explosion of the vehicle, so a number of people were
wounded, including two national police agents. Sources from
the emergency service of the Madrid Community 112 said they also received a
similar call at 16:20 from a man on behalf of the ETA, indicating the hour
of the explosion and the characteristics of the vehicle. Then
law-enforcement agencies were informed, but the explosion took place five
minutes earlier than the mentioned hour. Enditem |