Prosecutors in Madrid train bombing case attack theory of ETA involvement

Prosecutors in Madrid train bombing case attack theory of ETA involvement
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By h.b. - Jun 12, 2007 - 2:37 PM

Prosecutor Olga Sánchez - Archive Photo EFE

The comments have been made in their summing up speeches

The prosecutors in the March Train Bombings case has been summing up in the National Court in Madrid.

Javier Zaragoza presented a firm speech against 27 of the 29 accused in the case, and said that it had been proven in court that a Jihad cell was behind the attack which killed 192 people on March 11th 2004 on the commuter trains in Madrid.

He said that ‘solid and abundant evidence’ had been heard and presented, and that the Jihad cell had been inspired by the radical fundamentalists of Al Qaeda.

He also took time to criticise what he called the ‘parallel process based on unfounded suspicions’ which had been seen in part of the media, roundly dismissing the conspiracy theory of possible ETA involvement.

The Prosecutor also took the occasion to attack the then Director General of the Police at the time of the attacks, Agustín Díaz de Mera, for his contempt for the court, calling for him to be prosecuted. Another promoter of the ETA theory, his version had been disproved, said Zaragoza.

Another prosecutor, Olga Sánchez, has also said in her final report that the memory of the victims does not deserve the treatment seen in some communications media. She went on to name specific media and journalists in her attack, but was then interrupted and stopped by the Judge, Javier Gómez Bermúdez, who said that such comments were not part of the process.

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