On May 31, 1906 a Spanish anarchist threw a bomb hoping to hit King Alfonso XIII, killing 24 and wounding more than 100.
Tag: Spain
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.
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On February 11, 2000 four hooded men from the Basque terrorist organisation ETA firebombed a Citroen dealership in northern Spain.
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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.
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On October 8 of that year ETA killed Augusto Unceta Barrenechea, mayor of Guernica, and his two bodyguards.
On this day in 1985 a bomb exploded at at El Descanso-La Casa de las Costillas, a popular restaurant in Madrid, bringing the three-story building down on about 200 diners and employees.
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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
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.