Two bomb alerts in Madrid and Guadarrama lead to evacuations and controlled detonation
Security cordons were set up after threats near the Guardia Civil headquarters and a backpack in Guadarrama was safely detonated without explosives
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Two bomb alerts in Madrid and Guadarrama lead to evacuations and controlled detonation
Photograph: Euro Weekly News (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Two bomb alerts on 11 November triggered police cordons and evacuations in Madrid and Guadarrama.
- A backpack found on Calle de los Escoriales in Guadarrama was detonated in a controlled explosion and later confirmed to contain no explosives.
- No explosives were discovered in the earlier Madrid alerts near the Guardia Civil headquarters.
- At least 35 flights received bomb threats in early November, affecting 16 countries, according to Reuters.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 7 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 5 of the 12 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
76/100
Craft
85/100
Hype
28/100
12 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 1 of the 7 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
On 11 November, security forces reacted to two separate bomb alerts. The first occurred near the Directorate General of the Guardia Civil on Calle Guzmán el Bueno in Madrid, prompting a cordon, street closures and checks that lasted about an hour. A second warning identified a nearby parallel street, extending the operation. No explosives were found and no injuries were reported.
Later that afternoon, around 16:00, a suspicious backpack was discovered on Calle de los Escoriales in the town of Guadarrama, close to a Shell petrol station and nearby supermarkets. The Guardia Civil sealed the area, evacuated the businesses and deployed TEDAX specialists and detection dogs. The device was later detonated in a controlled explosion and the authorities confirmed it contained no explosive material.
Earlier on the same day, police had examined an abandoned briefcase on Calle Félix Boix in Chamartín; it was also found to be harmless. A Reuters tally indicated that at least 35 flights had received bomb threats since the start of November, involving 16 countries and leading to diversions and additional security searches.
“The backpack contained no explosives”
What the coverage left out
None of the right‑rated digests mention the Reuters tally of 35 flights that received bomb threats in early November.
35 flights
Bomb threats to flights
Reported by Reuters, affecting 16 countries
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 12 Nov 2026, 00:30, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
1 rated outlet
- Euro Weekly News reported the dual alerts, the evacuation of the Shell station, Supercor and DIA supermarkets, and the controlled detonation by TEDAX. It placed the incidents in the context of a rise in false bomb threats across Europe and cited the Reuters count of 35 affected flights.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- informacion.es noted that the National Police detonated a suitcase in Plaza de España in Madrid and that the Civil Guard later carried out a controlled detonation of a backpack near a gas station in Guadarrama, highlighting the involvement of TEDAX specialists.
Right
5 rated outlets
- The five right‑rated digests all reported a suspicious backpack found near a gas station in Guadarrama, the establishment of a large security perimeter and the evacuation of nearby supermarkets. They mentioned a second suspicious object later in the town and referred to the earlier bomb alerts in Madrid. None of the right‑rated digests mentioned the Reuters tally of 35 flights threatened across Europe.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Two bomb alerts in Madrid and Guadarrama lead to evacuations and…?
- Of the 7 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 14% are rated left, 15% are rated centre, 71% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 12. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Two bomb alerts in Madrid and Guadarrama lead to evacuations and… left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 7 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Two bomb alerts in Madrid and Guadarrama lead to evacuations and… biased?
- Two bomb alerts in Madrid and Guadarrama lead to evacuations and controlled detonation is one event reported by 12 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Two bomb alerts in Madrid and Guadarrama lead to evacuations and…?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Two bomb alerts in Madrid and Guadarrama lead to evacuations and…?
- 12 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What happened in Madrid on 11 November?
- Two bomb alerts were reported near the Guardia Civil headquarters on Calle Guzmán el Bueno and a nearby parallel street. Police sealed off the area, conducted checks for about an hour and found no explosives or injuries.
- What was found in Guadarrama and how was it dealt with?
- A suspicious backpack was discovered on Calle de los Escoriales near a Shell station. The area was cordoned, nearby supermarkets were evacuated and TEDAX specialists carried out a controlled detonation. The Guardia Civil later confirmed the backpack held no explosives.
- How many flights were affected by bomb threats in early November?
- Reuters reported that at least 35 flights received bomb threats since the start of November, involving 16 countries and leading to diversions and additional security checks.
Read it at the source
12 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
1Centre
1Right
5- The Tedax Detonate Two Suspicious Objects in Madrid and Guadarrama in Less than Eight Hours (opens El Debate in a new tab)
- The TEDAX Have Made a Controlled Detonation of a Suspicious Backpack in Guadarrama (opens OKDIARIO in a new tab)
- Several Bomb Alerts in Guadarrama: Civil Guard Detonates a Backpack Next to a Gas Station (opens Libertad Digital in a new tab)
Libertad Digital — is Libertad Digital biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Police Detonate a Backpack by a Gas Station in Guadarrama in a Controlled Manner (opens EL ESPAÑOL in a new tab)
EL ESPAÑOL — is EL ESPAÑOL biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Evicted the Guadarrama Supercor by a Bomb Threat (opens La Razón in a new tab)
Not rated
5- The Guardia Civil Detonates a Suspicious Backpack in the Town of Guadarrama in Madrid (opens lacronicabadajoz.com in a new tab)
lacronicabadajoz.com — is lacronicabadajoz.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- The Guardia Civil Detonates a Suspicious Backpack in the Town of Guadarrama in Madrid (opens elcorreoweb.es in a new tab)
elcorreoweb.es — is elcorreoweb.es biased? Our profile of this outlet
- The Guardia Civil Detonates a Suspicious Backpack in the Town of Guadarrama in Madrid (opens elcorreogallego.es in a new tab)
elcorreogallego.es — is elcorreogallego.es biased? Our profile of this outlet
- The Guardia Civil Detonates a Suspicious Backpack in the Town of Guadarrama in Madrid (opens laprovincia.es in a new tab)
laprovincia.es — is laprovincia.es biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Alarm in Guadarrama: Explosive Detonates and Another Suspicious Suitcase Appears (opens negocios.com in a new tab)
negocios.com — is negocios.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
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