John Smith
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September 25, 1978: ETA gunmen kill two guardia civiles in San Sebastián, then hijack a taxi while making their escape.[40][41][42] October 22, 1978: ETA gunmen ambush four civil guards, killing three of them and wounding the fourth in an attack in Getxo.[43] July 28, 1979: three bombs in Barajas Airport and Atocha and Chamartín train stations, kill 7 people and injured a further 100. The attacks came a day after attacks in Bilbao and San Sebastian had killed four people.[44]
1980-1989
1980: ETA kills more people than any other year,[45] with the greatest number of casualties in an attack at Ispaster, where 6 Civil Guards and 2 ETA members were killed during a gun and grenade attack. 13 July 1980: In an ambush in Orio, ETA attempts a repeat of the attack in Ispaster earlier in the year and kills 2 Civil Guards, however a subsequent gun fight results in the death of 2 ETA members. 20 September 1980: Four civil guards are killed in attack in a bar in Markina 1980: ETA's second deadliest attack of the year sees 5 people, four of them civil guards, killed in a gun attack in a bar in Zarautz 1981: A bomb exploded in the hull, near the boiler area of the Spanish destroyer Marqués de la Ensenada (D-43) while anchored in the port city of Santander, Cantabria, Spain.[46] 1982: ETA's deadliest attack of the year occurs in Rentería, where they ambush and kill four police officers. September 1985: First ETA car bomb in Madrid kills an American citizen and wounds 16 Civil Guards. February 6, 1986: Rear Admiral Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal y Maroto and his driver;[47] the Rear Admiral, descended from Cristóbal Colón. July 14, 1986: Plaza República Dominicana bombing. A car bomb on República Dominicana square in Madrid explodes at the passing of a small bus carrying young Civil Guards, killing 12 of them and injuring 50 people. June 19, 1987: 1987 Hipercor bombing: A car bomb explodes in the underground car park of an Hipercor supermarket in Barcelona, killing 21 civilians and injuring 45, amongst them several small children. December 11, 1987: 1987 Zaragoza Barracks bombing: 250 kg of explosives inside a car bomb explode next to the Civil Guard's Barracks in Zaragoza, killing 11 people and injuring 88.
1990-1999
December 8, 1990: A car bomb explodes in the town of Sabadell (Barcelona) killing 6 Policía Nacional officers and injuring 10 people, including two other police officers. The officers died when a car bomb went off as the officer's van passed.[48] May 29, 1991: A car bomb loaded with 70 kg of explosives is detonated inside the Civil Guard's Casa Cuartel in Vic (Barcelona), which was located next to a school. 10 people are killed (4 of them children) and 44 are injured. The day after the bombing, two members of the ETA cell which carried out the attack, were killed by the Civil Guard in a raid on a house at Lliçà d'Amunt, near Barcelona.[49] September 16, 1991: in the Mutxamel bombing, ETA attempts to repeat the Vic bombing, with a car bomb attack on the Civil Guard barracks in Mutxamel near Alicante, but the car bomb fails to hit its target. After being towed away as an abandoned vehicle, the car bomb explodes, killing a tow truck driver and two policemen.[50] February 6, 1992: in their deadliest attack of the year, an ETA car bomb kills 4 soldiers and 1 civilian employee of the army in Plaza de la Cruz Verde, 200 metres from the army headquarters in Madrid. June 21, 1993: A car bomb explodes at the passing of a military van at the junction of López de Hoyos and Joaquín Costa streets in Madrid, killing 6 soldiers, 1 civilian and injuring 20 people. 1995: Assassination plot on King Juan Carlos of Spain failed. April 19, 1995: Unsuccessful attempt to kill José María Aznar, the leader of Spain's right-wing opposition and future Prime Minister. A car bomb loaded with 40 kg of explosives is detonated at the passing of his official car. He is saved by his vehicle's armor plating but a bystander is killed in the blast. December 11, 1995: A car bomb explodes at the passing of military van in the Vallecas district of Madrid, killing 6 civilians who worked for the Army. The explosion also left 17 people injured and great damage around the area. January 17, 1996: Abduction of José Antonio Ortega Lara, civil servant in a prison in Logroño. ETA demands the relocation of imprisoned ETA members for the restoration of his freedom. Ortega Lara is rescued by the police 532 days later on July 1, 1997. This has been the longest kidnapping ever in Spain.[citation needed] July 10, 1997: Abduction of Basque councilor Miguel Angel Blanco, prompting six million Spaniards to join mass demonstrations against ETA. The organization asks the government to relocate all imprisoned ETA members in prisons closer to the Basque Country in 48 hours. When the government does not accept this demand, Miguel Angel Blanco is shot and dies the 13 July.[citation needed] December 21–22, 1999: The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a Madrid-bound van driven by ETA members and loaded with 950 kg of explosives near Calatayud (Zaragoza); the next day, another van loaded with 750 kg is found not far from there. The incident is known as "la caravana de la muerte" (the convoy of death). Shortly after 9/11, ETA confirmed their plan had been to use those 1,700 kg to blow down Torre Picasso (online report with video in Spanish).
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