October 2000 Madrid bombing explained

2000 Madrid bombing
Partof:Basque conflict
Location:Madrid, Spain
Date:30 October 2000
Time:07:15 a.m.
Type:Bombing
Fatalities:4
Injuries:64
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Perpetrator:ETA
Weapons:Car bomb
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-->}}On 30 October 2000, the separatist Basque organization ETA detonated a large car bomb on Badajoz Avenue in Madrid, Spain.[1] The blast killed three people;[2] a Spanish Supreme Court judge, Francisco Querol Lombardero, his driver, and his bodyguard.[3] One of the injured, a bus driver, died from his injuries days later. Sixty-four people were wounded.[4] It was the deadliest attack since the ETA called off its ceasefire in December 1999 and one of numerous attacks in Madrid.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atentados de ETA desde la ruptura de la Ășltima tregua. El Correo. es. 2022-11-14.
  2. News: Car Bomb Kills 3 in Madrid, Including Judge. 31 October 2000. The New York Times.
  3. News: Eta blamed as Madrid car bomb kills three. . 30 October 2000. The Guardian.
  4. News: Atentados de ETA desde la ruptura de la Ășltima tregua. 22 March 2006. El Correo Digital. es.
  5. Web site: Bomb blast rocks Madrid. BBC News. 30 October 2000.