‘It looked like a platform of death. I’ve never seen anything like it’
Denis MacShane: ‘Today, we are all Spanish’
A new – and bloody – style of attack
Attackers seek to inflict ever-greater casualties
The clues that point towards al-Qaida
Jeremy Lennard: Prime suspects
Bush and Putin back Europe’s outrage
Blair pledges to continue fight against terrorism
France tightens border controls
Madrid blasts prompt City fears of terrorist campaign
General election campaign stops as left and right unite in anger
Aznar: ‘We will leave no stone unturned’
Eta and al-Qaida are bomb suspects
Madrid a reminder to USA says mayor
On the spot: in the Basque region
Blair compares ‘new war’ to fight against Nazis
Twisted steel, broken bodies: Spain reels at butchery on brutal scale
Graphic: Where the bombs exploded
The hopeless search for a missing husband
‘I heard crying, screams and calls for help’
Was it Eta, or or a strike by al-Qaeda?
Graphic: Eta’s 45 bloody years
Basques gather in horror to denounce an outrage too far