October 2000 Madrid bombing

2000 Madrid bombing
Part of Basque conflict
Location Madrid, Spain
Date 30 October 2000
08:15 am (UTC+02:00)
Attack type
 Bombing
Weapons Car bomb
Deaths 3
Non-fatal injuries
 64
Perpetrator ETA

On 30 October 2000, the separatist Basque organization ETA detonated a large car bomb on Arturo Soria avenue in Madrid, Spain. The blast killed three people;[1] a Spanish Supreme Court judge, Francisco Querol Lombardero, his driver, and his bodyguard.[2] One of the injured, a bus driver, died from his injuries days later. Sixty-four people were wounded.[3] It was the deadliest attack since the ETA called off its ceasefire in December 1999 and one of numerous attacks in Madrid.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Car Bomb Kills 3 in Madrid, Including Judge". The New York Times. 31 October 2000.
  2. ↑ "Eta blamed as Madrid car bomb kills three". The Guardian. 30 October 2000.
  3. ↑ "Atentados de ETA desde la ruptura de la última tregua". El Correo Digital (in Spanish). 22 March 2006.
  4. ↑ "Bomb blast rocks Madrid". BBC News. 30 October 2000.

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