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Despite this claim, Spanish newspaper El Mundo claimed that, less a week after Zapatero´s order, PSE (''Partido Socialista de Euskadi'', basque branch of the PSOE) leaders met in secret with leaders of [[Batasuna]]. This report has been denounced as a falsehood by PSE leaders.<ref>{{es icon}} {{cite news | url = http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/01/09/espana/1168309197.html| author = | title = El PSE se reunió en secreto con Batasuna tras el atentado de ETA en Barajas | work = [[El Mundo]] |date= 2007-01-09 | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref>
Despite this claim, Spanish newspaper El Mundo claimed that, less a week after Zapatero´s order, PSE (''Partido Socialista de Euskadi'', basque branch of the PSOE) leaders met in secret with leaders of [[Batasuna]]. This report has been denounced as a falsehood by PSE leaders.<ref>{{es icon}} {{cite news | url = http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/01/09/espana/1168309197.html| author = | title = El PSE se reunió en secreto con Batasuna tras el atentado de ETA en Barajas | work = [[El Mundo]] |date= 2007-01-09 | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref>


Several silent demonstrations 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]].<ref>{{es icon}} {{cite news | url = http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/12/30/espana/1167494632.html | author = Mucientes, Esther | title = Thousands of citizens show their contempt for ETA and Government politics | work = [[El Mundo]] |date= 2006-12-31 | accessdate = 2006-12-31 }}</ref>
Several silent demonstrations took place across Spain on [[31 December]], [[2006]]. Some protesters against the bombings were just demonstrators against ETA. However, some demonstrators chanted cries against the government, and a minority even questioned the autorship of the [[2004 Madrid train bombings]].<ref>{{es icon}} {{cite news | url = http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/12/30/espana/1167494632.html | author = Mucientes, Esther | title = Thousands of citizens show their contempt for ETA and Government politics | work = [[El Mundo]] |date= 2006-12-31 | accessdate = 2006-12-31 }}</ref>


On [[9 January]] [[2007]], in a letter to the newspaper [[Gara]], ETA claimed responsibility for the December 30 blast and insisted that the March ceasefire was still in place despite the bombing.<ref>{{cite news |author=[[Associated Press]] |title=ETA claims car bombing but says cease-fire stands |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/09/europe/EU-GEN-Spain-Basques.php |work=[[International Herald Tribune]] |date=[[2006-01-09]] |accessdate=2006-01-09}}</ref> ETA extends their solidarity to the "[[collateral damage]]" (the two Ecuadorian immigrants killed by the explosion), stating that the "objetive of this armed action was not to cause victims" and blames the government for the dead, due to an alleged lack of dilligence evacuating the building. They also accuse the Government and the [[PSOE]] of creating obstacles for a democratic process.<ref>{{es icon}} {{cite news | url = http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/01/09/espana/1168348140.html?a=8820e184a520a8c89dc2a95e237ac798&t=1168352723| author = | title = ETA dice que el alto el fuego sigue 'vigente' y que no quiso 'causar víctimas' en la T4 | work = [[El Mundo]] |date= 2007-01-09 | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref><ref>{{es icon}} {{cite news | url = http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/ETA/asume/autoria/atentado/Barajas/asegura/alto/fuego/continua/vigente/elpepuesp/20070109elpepunac_8/Tes| author = | title = ETA asume la autoría del atentado de Barajas pero asegura que el alto el fuego continúa vigente | work = [[El País]] |date= 2007-01-09 | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref>
On [[9 January]] [[2007]], in a letter to the newspaper [[Gara]], ETA claimed responsibility for the December 30 blast and insisted that the March ceasefire was still in place despite the bombing.<ref>{{cite news |author=[[Associated Press]] |title=ETA claims car bombing but says cease-fire stands |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/09/europe/EU-GEN-Spain-Basques.php |work=[[International Herald Tribune]] |date=[[2006-01-09]] |accessdate=2006-01-09}}</ref> ETA extends their solidarity to the "[[collateral damage]]" (the two Ecuadorian immigrants killed by the explosion), stating that the "objetive of this armed action was not to cause victims" and blames the government for the dead, due to an alleged lack of dilligence evacuating the building. They also accuse the Government and the [[PSOE]] of creating obstacles for a democratic process.<ref>{{es icon}} {{cite news | url = http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/01/09/espana/1168348140.html?a=8820e184a520a8c89dc2a95e237ac798&t=1168352723| author = | title = ETA dice que el alto el fuego sigue 'vigente' y que no quiso 'causar víctimas' en la T4 | work = [[El Mundo]] |date= 2007-01-09 | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref><ref>{{es icon}} {{cite news | url = http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/ETA/asume/autoria/atentado/Barajas/asegura/alto/fuego/continua/vigente/elpepuesp/20070109elpepunac_8/Tes| author = | title = ETA asume la autoría del atentado de Barajas pero asegura que el alto el fuego continúa vigente | work = [[El País]] |date= 2007-01-09 | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref>

Revision as of 09:13, 21 April 2007

2006 Madrid Barajas International Airport bombing
Smoke billows from the parking building in the Barajas Airport
LocationMadrid, Spain
DateDecember 30, 2006
09:00 (UTC+1)
TargetMadrid Barajas International Airport
Attack type
van bomb
Deaths2
Injured26
Police in the damaged parking building.

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 first reported by Time Warner employee Samantha Graham via phone on CNN around 8:34 GMT.[citation needed] Reuters also distributed a wire story on the event, but with sparse details. The article stated that a bomb threat was phoned in at approximately 8:15 local time (7:15 GMT), with the caller stating 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 an anonymous caller claiming to represent ETA.[3]

Details

The explosion took place in the terminal's carpark, and the interior minister has stated the carpark was damaged (three of four stories were demolished by the explosion,[4] 60% of the building destroyed).[5] The terminal also received some damage.[4][6] Two were killed and 26 other people sustained injuries, mainly with damage to the ears because of the shock wave.[3][7]

The explosion was from a van bomb, a Renault Trafic containing 500 to 800 kilograms of explosives[8] stolen from a Spanish national in France, who was abducted and released shortly after the bombing.[9] A similarly charged ETA Renault Trafic van bomb was intercepted by the police going towards Madrid 11 days before the 2004 Madrid train bombings.[10][11] [12]

The Ecuadorian Government stated that two Ecuadorian citizens died as a result of the bombing. The Spanish Government did not confirm this statement when it was issued.[13][14] The body of one of the victims, Carlos Alonso Palate, was finally found on 3 January, 2007, dead inside his vehicle.[15] The body of the second victim (Diego Armando Estacio) was located on the morning of 5 January,2007.[16]

Entry was restricted to all airport terminals by the Spanish national police but air traffic resumed at Terminal 4 soon afterward.

Prelude

On 4 November 2006, ETA warned to the Spanish government that the so-called "peace process" was "in crisis".[17] ETA and its political supporters asked for concessions that were not attended, including moving ETA inmates to jails in the Basque region and the halting of arrests and trials of ETA suspects.[18]

It has been reported (by ABC, December 31 2006) that, before the attack, ETA reminded Rodríguez Zapatero about the 2004 Madrid train bombings (as a way to pressure the Government with the possibility of an attack before upcoming elections), even though the source also states that ETA 'had nothing to do' with the attack itself.[19]

Aftermath

Because of the attacks, Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero ordered the government to put "on hold" all peace talks with ETA.[2] On 3 January, 2007 the Spanish Minister of the Interior Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba announced all peace talks with ETA had definitely been broken off.[20]

Despite this claim, Spanish newspaper El Mundo claimed that, less a week after Zapatero´s order, PSE (Partido Socialista de Euskadi, basque branch of the PSOE) leaders met in secret with leaders of Batasuna. This report has been denounced as a falsehood by PSE leaders.[21]

Several silent demonstrations took place across Spain on 31 December, 2006. Some protesters against the bombings were just demonstrators against ETA. However, some demonstrators chanted cries against the government, and a minority even questioned the autorship of the 2004 Madrid train bombings.[22]

On 9 January 2007, in a letter to the newspaper Gara, ETA claimed responsibility for the December 30 blast and insisted that the March ceasefire was still in place despite the bombing.[23] ETA extends their solidarity to the "collateral damage" (the two Ecuadorian immigrants killed by the explosion), stating that the "objetive of this armed action was not to cause victims" and blames the government for the dead, due to an alleged lack of dilligence evacuating the building. They also accuse the Government and the PSOE of creating obstacles for a democratic process.[24][25]

References

  1. ^ "Explosion hits parking lot at Madrid airport". Reuters. 2006-12-30. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  2. ^ a b "Madrid bomb shatters ETA cease-fire". Reuters. 2006-12-31. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  3. ^ a b Webb, Jason (2006-12-30). "Four hurt in Madrid airport bomb, ETA claims attack". Reuters. Retrieved 2006-12-31. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b Template:Es icon Llerena, María José (2006-12-30). "The ETA resurfaces and bombs the T4 in Barajas; two people go missing". El Mundo. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  5. ^ Template:Es icon "The ETA detonated 200 kg of explosives in the T4; the search for the missing people continues". El Mundo. 2006-12-31. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  6. ^ Template:Es icon "The ETA armed the bomb in Barajas with less than 200 kg of explosives". El País. 2006-12-30. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  7. ^ Woolls, Daniel (2006-12-31). "2 Men Missing in Madrid Car Bombing". AP. Retrieved 2006-12-31. The explosion also injured 26 people, most of them with damage to their ears from the shock wave.
  8. ^ Template:Es icon "Madrid technicians raise estimated weight of explosive charge from 500 to 800 kilograms". El Mundo. 2006-12-31. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  9. ^ Template:Es icon "The van's owner was kidnapped in France on the 27th and set free after the attack". El Mundo. 2006-12-31. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  10. ^ "Spain Campaigned to Pin Blame on ETA". The Washington Post. 2004-3-17. Retrieved 2007-2-1. On Feb. 29 [2004], police arrested two ETA members near Madrid as they drove a van bomb packed with a half-ton of explosives. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  11. ^ "Spain Campaigned to Pin Blame on ETA". BBC. 2004-3-12. Retrieved 2007-2-1. two Eta suspects were arrested last month driving a truck loaded with more than 500kg of explosives headed for Madrid {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  12. ^ Template:Es icon "La Audiencia citará a Henri Parot y otros dos etarras como testigos en el juicio del 11-M". El Mundo (Spain). 2007-01-23. Retrieved 2007-1-23. PIncludes picture of the Renault Trafic intercepted in 2004 La furgoneta interceptada en Cuenca el 29 de febrero de 2004 {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  13. ^ Template:Es icon "Ecuador affirms that two of its citizens died in the ETA attack". Milenio. 2006-12-30. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  14. ^ Template:Es icon Template:Es icon "Ecuador ensures that Moratinos confirmed to them the death of the two missing people". Libertad Digital. 2006-12-31. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  15. ^ Template:Es icon "Los equipos de rescate hallan el cadaver de uno de los desaparecidos". El País. 2007-01-03. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
  16. ^ Template:Es icon "LLocalizan el cadáver de Diego Armando Estacio en el interior de su vehículo en la T4". El Mundo. 2007-01-05. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  17. ^ foxnews.com
  18. ^ foxnews.com
  19. ^ abc.es
  20. ^ Template:Es icon "'ETA ha roto el proceso, lo ha liquidado y acabado con él'". El País. 2007-01-03. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
  21. ^ Template:Es icon "El PSE se reunió en secreto con Batasuna tras el atentado de ETA en Barajas". El Mundo. 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2007-01-09.
  22. ^ Template:Es icon Mucientes, Esther (2006-12-31). "Thousands of citizens show their contempt for ETA and Government politics". El Mundo. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  23. ^ Associated Press (2006-01-09). "ETA claims car bombing but says cease-fire stands". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2006-01-09. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  24. ^ Template:Es icon "ETA dice que el alto el fuego sigue 'vigente' y que no quiso 'causar víctimas' en la T4". El Mundo. 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2007-01-09.
  25. ^ Template:Es icon "ETA asume la autoría del atentado de Barajas pero asegura que el alto el fuego continúa vigente". El País. 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2007-01-09.
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