Madrid Bombing Suspects Blow Themselves Up

(Madrid, Spain) According to Interior Minister Angel Acebes, as the police approached the hideout, the railway bombing suspects spotted them and started shooting.

Over the next two hours, police evacuated as many people as they could from the building and surrounding area and prepared for an assault on the apartment, he said.

"The special police agents prepared to storm the building and when they started to execute the plan, the terrorists set off a powerful explosion, blowing themselves up," Acebes said.

"There are three that could have blown themselves up, but the possibility of more is not ruled out," he said.

This is quite an indicator of the level of fanaticism of the terrorists. They would rather blow themselves up then be taken into custody.