On May 24, 1978 the Battalon Vasco-Espanol claimed the murder of a taxi driver in northern Spain it accused of helping the ETA terrorist group.
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On May 6, 2009 two ETA bombs exploded at two cellphone towers in the Basque region of resulting in damage to both towers but no injuries or deaths.
On February 11, 2000 four hooded men from the Basque terrorist organisation ETA firebombed a Citroen dealership in northern Spain.
On January 21, 2000 the Basque terrorist group ETA carried out a car bomb in Madrid that killed a Spanish army officer in the centre of the city.
On October 8 of that year ETA killed Augusto Unceta Barrenechea, mayor of Guernica, and his two bodyguards.
On this day in 1984 a hooded gunman assassinated a Socialist candidate for the regional parliament, three days before the hotly contested Basque elections
On this day in 2009 a bomb inside a van exploded in northeastern Madrid, after a warning call by ETA
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January 24, 1977: Shootings in Spain
On this day in 1977 neo-fascists gunned down five labour lawyers near Atocha station in Madrid, and wounded four others.
On this day in 1976, members of the fascist Warriors of Christ the King killed two members of the Carlist party in what became known as the Montejurra massacre.
There are terrorists groups that have their rise and fall over time. Some groups are remarkably resilient and longlasting, such as the Irish Republican Army (IRA) which is pretty close to a century old. Others are a flash in the pan such as the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) which lasted only between 1973 and 1975 […]