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February 23, 1984: Parliamentary candidate assassinated in Spain

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date February 23, 2021
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A memorial to the victim (Photo: Gobierno Vasco - Irekia, CC BY 3.0 es)

On this day in 1984 a hooded gunman assassinated a Socialist candidate for the regional parliament, three days before the hotly contested Basque elections

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February 9, 2009: ETA Bombing in Spain

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date February 9, 2021
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Site of ETA's assassination of prime minister, Adm. Luis Carrero Blanco in 1973 (Photo: Agence France-Presse — Getty Images)

On this day in 2009 a bomb inside a van exploded in northeastern Madrid, after a warning call by ETA

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Assassination of Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco – December 20, 1973

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date December 20, 2019
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If you are a terrorist group the highest achievement is the elimination of a head of state. The Basque group ETA attained this goal in 1973.

On this day in 1973, a massive bomb buried under a Madrid street exploded as a car carrying Prime Minister Carrero Blanco detonated.

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