TERROR IN MADRID UPDATE

Reuters: Spain Mourns 192 Dead, Probes Al Qaeda Bomb Claim

MADRID (Reuters) - Spaniards mourned the death of 192 people in the country's worst guerrilla attack on Friday as officials looked into a purported al Qaeda claim that it was responsible for the bombings on packed commuter trains.

The Spanish government said it believed armed Basque separatist group ETA was most likely to blame for the simultaneous bombings of four trains at Madrid stations on Thursday three days before a general election.

However, Interior Minister Angel Acebes said police were not ruling out any lines of investigation after finding a van containing seven detonators and a tape in Arabic at a town near Madrid where the bombs may have been placed on the trains.

Apart from those killed, some 1,421 people were injured in Europe's bloodiest guerrilla attack for more than 15 years.