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March 23, 1982: An ETA gun attack kills 2 police inspectors and a civilian in Sestao. [53] September 14, 1982: ETA's deadliest attack of the year occurs in Rentería, where they ambush and kill four police officers. May 28, 1983: 2 Civil Guards were killed by gunmen in Pamplona while guarding a post office. [54]
The attack came one day before the end of the security forces Summer 1982 initiative, which was aimed at reducing ETA activity and had resulted in a 7 per cent drop in the number of ETA killings compared to 1981. [3] The attacks also occurred one month before the Spanish general election, causing consternation among politicians. [3]
The attack occurred nearly six months after the Hipercor bombing in Barcelona had killed 21 people and injured 45. Following the Barcelona bombing, ETA's call for talks with the government of Felipe González was rejected and, on 5 November 1987, the Pact of Madrid resulted in an agreement between the main Spanish political parties to release a joint statement rejecting the legitimacy of ETA ...
Spain's High Court has sentenced a former member of the defunct Basque separatist group ETA to 85 years in prison for her involvement in a car bomb attack in Madrid that left 11 people injured 24 ...
Militants of the M-19 attack the town of Chia. 1 police and 3 rebels die. [5] M-19: Colombian conflict: 11 November Suicide bombing: 89–102: 55: Tyre, Lebanon: A suicide car bomber drove an explosive laden vehicle into Israeli military headquarters, the building was destroyed and 75 Israelis and other Lebanese prisoners died in the blast. [6 ...
The crash is one of four planes that were hijacked as part of a deadly and destructive terrorist plot. ... and Jamie Otten look at news photos of the attacks on the World Trade Centre buildings in ...
A number of ETA attacks by car bomb caused random civilian casualties, like ETA's bloodiest attack, the bombing in 1987 of the subterranean parking lot of the Hipercor supermarket in Barcelona [142] [143] which killed 21 civilians and left 45 seriously wounded, of whom 20 were left disabled; also the attack of Plaza de Callao in Madrid. [144]
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