Sementara Perdana Menteri Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapateo merenungkan kenyataan berakhirnya upayanya untuk memulai kembali perundingan perdamaian yang telah lama macet, keadaan suram saat beberapa ribu orang berpawai di Sol Square, Madrid, untuk mengutuk pemboman itu.
As Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero pondered the apparent end of his attempts to kickstart long stalled peace negotiations, the mood was grim as several thousand people marched on Madrid's Sol Square to condemn the bombing.