” “Three years after the terrorist attack, in which 192 people died and about 1600 were injured, Spain commemorated the victims with many institutional actions and Mass in the main cities. In Toledo, the deputy president of the Spanish Bishops Conference, card. Antonio Cañizares, said he is particularly "close to the victims and their families" and recalled that the terrorist attacks “weigh on Spain as an oppressive slab that we must get rid of”. The cardinal noticed that "for many years the Spanish have felt hurt, humiliated and abused by the inhuman and cruel violence of terrorism". At the Atocha train station, where the terrorist attack took place, a crystal monument with the victims’ names was unveiled yesterday, in front of the country’s highest authorities, from the president of the Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, to the opposition leader, Mariano Rajoy, the Royal Family of Spain and dozens of survivors of the terrorist slaughter. In addition, the Comunità di Sant’Egidio organised an inter-religious prayer in Madrid, in which its representative, Tíscar Espigares, condemned the attacks and proposed the role of religions and dialogue as instruments "to build a better world. Terrorism will be defeated if we are united and respect other peoples’ identity".” ” ” “
