Terrible attack in Madrid.

In the worst terrorist attack in Spanish history, at least 10 bombs exploded during rush hour today in three commuter train stations here, killing more than 180 people and wounding more than 1,000.

As the country struggled to absorb the carnage and shock of the highly coordinated attacks, Prime Minister José María Aznar appeared on television and told his people, "Terrorists tried to cause as much pain as possible. March 11 now has it place in the history of infamy."

There was no advance warning of the attacks and no claim of responsibility, although Spanish authorities immediately ruled out international terrorism and blamed the Basque separatist group E.T.A.

Mr. Aznar, whose armored car saved him from an E.T.A. attack when he was an opposition leader in 1995, added that his government would never negotiate with "killers."

How horrible.