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==Chronology== ===1961–1969=== * July 18, 1961: In the organization's first known attack, ETA activists unsuccessfully attempt to [[derailment|derail]] trains carrying [[Francisco Franco|Franco]] supporters to commemorative celebrations in [[San Sebastián]].<ref>{{citation |last=Clark |first=R.P. |title=The Basque Insurgents: ETA, 1952-1980 |location=Madison |publisher=University of Wisconsin |date=1984 |isbn=9780299096502 |page=35}}</ref> * September 24, 1965: An ETA unit intercepts and robs a bank courier.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=41}} * April, 1967: ETA activists assault the [[Banco Guipuzcoano]] in [[Villabona]], taking over one million [[Spanish peseta|pesetas]] in ETA's first direct bank robbery.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=47}} * December 1967: An ETA squad attempts to blow up buildings in [[Eibar]] and [[Elgoibar]] (both in [[Gipuzkoa]]). During the getaway, an exchange of gunfire with the members of the [[Guardia Civil]] at a roadblock wounds two of the ETA activists.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=48}} * June 7, 1968: Two ETA activists, Txabi Etxebarrieta and Iñaki Sarasqueta, kill Guardia Civil member José Pardines at a roadblock. It is the first death attributed to ETA. Following the incident, the two ETA activists are shot at another roadblock. The first, Txabi Etxebarrieta, is killed, while the second, Iñaki Sarasqueta, is wounded.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=48}} * August 2, 1968: An ETA squad shoots and kills [[Melitón Manzanas]], commander of the Francoist political police division in San Sebastián, as he returns to his home in [[Irun]] (Gipuzkoa). It is ETA's first planned assassination. The Franco government declares a "state of exception" in the province the next day.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=49}} ===1970–1979=== [[File:Luis Carrero Blanco.jpg|Luis Carrero Blanco|thumb|right|165px]] * January 17, 1972: ETA kidnaps Lorenzo Zabala Suinaga, the ethnic Basque director of a factory where striking workers were recently fired. ETA demands that the factory make concessions to its workers. These conditions are largely met on January 22, the strikers return to work, and Zabala is found unharmed in a rural area on the night of January 24.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=67-68}} * August 29, 1972: ETA activists kill [[Galdakao]] policeman Eloy Garcia in a shootout.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=69}}<ref>[http://especiales.abc.es/2006/eta/atentados/atentados_ano_1972.html ABC's ETA: Repaso a 40 años de terrorismo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108195336/http://especiales.abc.es/2006/eta/atentados/atentados_ano_1972.html |date=2011-01-08 }} Accessed 10/4/10.</ref> * January 16, 1973: An ETA commando kidnaps [[Navarra]]n industrialist Felipe Huarte from his home. ETA demands 50 million pesetas and concessions to striking workers at a factory owned by Huarte. With payment of the ransom and resolution of the labor dispute, Huarte is released on January 26.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=72-73}}<ref>Preston, P. ''The Triumph of Democracy in Spain''. 1986. p 32.</ref> *January 31, 1973: ETA activists assault a [[magazine (artillery)|powder magazine]] near [[Hernani, Spain|Hernani]] (Gipuzkoa) and take 3,000 kilograms of [[explosive material|explosives]], later hiding them in the same "safe house" near San Sebastián where Felipe Huarte had been kept.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=73}} * December 20, 1973: [[Prime Minister of Spain|Prime Minister]] Admiral [[Luis Carrero Blanco]] is killed along with his driver and a bodyguard when ETA [[Operación Ogro|detonates explosives under his passing vehicle]] on a Madrid street as Carrero Blanco returns from [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]]. The tunnel in which the explosives were placed had been prepared over nearly two years{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=76-77}} * September 13, 1974: The [[Cafetería Rolando bombing]]. Located near the ''Dirección General de Seguridad'' (Directorate-General of Security) and another police building, the explosion inside the cafe kills and wounds an unclear number of patrons (reported as nine and fifty-six, respectively, by [[The New York Times]]). ETA officially denies responsibility, but several leftists are arrested and charged with the crime later claim the organization provided the explosives and expertise for the bombing.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=79}} * December 18, 1974: An ETA squad unsuccessfully attempts to steal 25 million pesetas from a factory near [[Urduliz]], wounding two members of the Guardia Civil while escaping.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=82}} * December 28, 1974: ETA activists rob the [[Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria|Banco de Bilbao]] in [[Vitoria-Gasteiz|Vitoria]], taking six million pesetas.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=82}} * March 30, 1975: A police inspector named José Diaz Linares is killed in San Sebastián by ETA.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=83}} * April 22, 1975: A policeman named Morán is killed by ETA in [[Algorta]].{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=83}} * May 14, 1975: ETA kills a Guardia Civil lieutenant in [[Guernica (town)|Guernica]].{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=84}} * October 5, 1975: Three agents of the Guardia Civil are killed when an ETA bomb destroys their vehicle while on patrol in the mountains of Gipuzkoa.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=86}}<ref>[Guardia Civil page for Esteban Maldonado Llorente {{cite web|url=http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/acciones/detalle.jsp?id%3D82 |title=Acciones Terroristas |access-date=2010-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927115718/http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/acciones/detalle.jsp?id=82 |archive-date=2011-09-27 }}] Accessed 9/22/10.</ref><ref>[Guardia Civil page for Jesus Pascual Martin Lazaro {{cite web|url=http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/acciones/detalle.jsp?id%3D124 |title=Acciones Terroristas |access-date=2010-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927115800/http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/acciones/detalle.jsp?id=124 |archive-date=2011-09-27 }}] Accessed 9/22/10.</ref><ref>[Guardia Civil page for Juan Jose Moreno Chamorro {{cite web|url=http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/acciones/detalle.jsp?id%3D180 |title=Acciones Terroristas |access-date=2010-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927115843/http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/acciones/detalle.jsp?id=180 |archive-date=2011-09-27 }}] Accessed 9/22/10.</ref> * November 24, 1975: In the organization's first attack since the death of Franco on November 20, ETA assassinates Antonio Echeverría, the mayor of [[Oyarzun]] (Gipuzkoa) and alleged police informer.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=90}} * January 15, 1976: ETA activists kidnap José Luis Arrasate, son of a Basque industrialist, from his home in [[Berriz]]. The family is unable to pay the ransom, and amid condemnation from various Basque groups, Arrasate is released unharmed on February 15.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=91}} * February 1976: Victor Legoburu, mayor of Galdakao and alleged police informer, is killed by ETA.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=90}} * March 18, 1976: ETA kidnaps and kills Angel Berazadi, a Basque industrialist.<ref>"Kidnapping of Basque Renews Warfare of Extremists in Spain", by Henry Giniger, ''The New York Times'', March 20, 1976, p.2</ref> * April 1976: ETA claims responsibility for the killings of two Spanish policemen in Southern France. Later in the month, the group electrocutes ''guardia civil'' Miguel Gordo Garcia when he attempts to remove a [[Booby trap|booby-trapped]] [[Ikurriña|Basque flag]] in [[Barakaldo]].{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=90}}<ref>[Guardia Civil incident/memorial page for Miguel Gordo Garcia {{cite web|url=http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/acciones/detalle.jsp?id%3D232 |title=Acciones Terroristas |access-date=2010-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927115602/http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/acciones/detalle.jsp?id=232 |archive-date=2011-09-27 }}] Accessed 9/22/10.</ref> * October 4, 1976: [[Assassination of Juan María de Araluce Villar]]. In a daytime machine gun attack on the streets of San Sebastián, ETA activists kill Juan María De Araluce Villar, president of the Provincial Assembly of Gipuzkoa and member of the Council of the Realm, along with his driver and three police guards. Ten bystanders are wounded.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=93-94}}<ref>[http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1976/10/05/001.html ABC Madrid cover story 10/5/1976] Accessed 9/22/10.</ref> * October 8, 1977: In Guernica, ETA gunmen [[Assassination of Augusto Unceta Barrenechea|kill Augusto Guillermo Unceta Barrenechea]], president of the Provincial Assembly of Biscay, along with two ''guardia civil'' who had been escorting him.{{sfn|Clark|1984|p=102}}<ref>[Guardia Civil page for Angel Antonio Rivera Navarron {{cite web|url=http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/acciones/detalle.jsp?id%3D14 |title=Acciones Terroristas |access-date=2010-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927115926/http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/acciones/detalle.jsp?id=14 |archive-date=2011-09-27 }}] Accessed 9/22/10.</ref><ref>[Guardia Civil page for Antonio Hernandez-Fernandez Segura {{cite web|url=http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/acciones/detalle.jsp?id%3D32 |title=Acciones Terroristas |access-date=2010-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927120015/http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/acciones/detalle.jsp?id=32 |archive-date=2011-09-27 }}] Accessed 9/22/10.</ref><ref>[http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1977/10/09/001.html ABC Madrid front page 10/9/1976] Accessed 9/22/10.</ref> * May 9, 1978: In Pamplona, a bomb concealed in a streetlight explodes as a ''Guardia Civil'' vehicle passes, killing agent Manuel Lopez Gonzalez.<ref>[http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/acciones/detalle.jsp?id=215 Guardia Civil page for Manuel Lopez Gonzalez] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927120103/http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/acciones/detalle.jsp?id=215 |date=2011-09-27 }} Accessed 9/28/10.</ref><ref>[http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1978/05/10/009.html ABC Madrid 5/10/1978 page 9] Accessed 9/28/10.</ref> * September 25, 1978: ETA gunmen kill two ''guardia civiles'' in San Sebastián, then hijack a taxi while making their escape.<ref>[http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/acciones/detalle.jsp?id=166 Guardia Civil page for Jose Zafra Regil] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927120145/http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/acciones/detalle.jsp?id=166 |date=2011-09-27 }} Accessed 10/4/10.</ref><ref>[http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/acciones/detalle.jsp?id=199 Guardia Civil page for Lorenzo Soto Soto] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927120229/http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/acciones/detalle.jsp?id=199 |date=2011-09-27 }} Accessed 10/4/10.</ref><ref>[http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1978/09/26/001.html ABC Madrid front page 9/26/78] Accessed 10/4/10.</ref> * October 22, 1978: ETA gunmen ambush four civil guards, killing three of them and wounding the fourth in an [[October 1978 Getxo attack|attack in Getxo]].<ref>[http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1978/10/24/pagina-13/33744126/pdf.html Otro criminal atentado en Bilbao], La Vanguardia, 24 October 1978, p13</ref> * July 28, 1979: [[July 1979 Madrid bombings|three bombs]] in [[Barajas Airport]] and [[Madrid Atocha railway station|Atocha]] and [[Madrid Chamartín railway station|Chamartín]] train stations, kill 7 people and injured a further 100. The attacks came a day after attacks in [[Bilbao]] and [[San Sebastián|San Sebastian]] had killed four people.<ref>[http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1979/07/31/pagina-4/33434429/pdf.html La Vanguardia, 31 July 1979, p3-4], accessed 29 April 2012</ref> ===1980–1989=== * February 1, 1980: 6 Civil Guards are killed in [[1980 Ispaster attack|an ambush at Ispaster]] after their convoy was attacked with guns and grenades. 2 ETA members are also killed by a grenade they had thrown. This was the deadliest incident of 1980. * April 16, 1980: 2 Civil Guards are killed after the border post they were manning was attacked with gunfire.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1980/04/17/portada/324770403_850215.html|title = Dos guardias civiles, asesinados en el puesto fronterizo de Irún|newspaper = El País|date = 16 April 1980|last1 = Azua|first1 = Victorino Ruiz de}}</ref> * May 15, 1980: 3 Policía Nacional officers are shot dead by an ETA gunman at a cafe in San Sebastián.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elalmeria.es/article/almeria/227904/eta/mata/tiros/policia/almeriense/san/sebastian.html|title=ETA mata a tiros a un policía almeriense en San Sebastián|date=14 September 2008}}</ref> * July 13, 1980: In an [[1980 Orio ambush|ambush in Orio]], ETA attempts a repeat of the attack in Ispaster earlier in the year and kills 2 Civil Guards. However a subsequent gunfight results in the death of 2 ETA members. * September 20, 1980: 4 civil guards are killed in [[1980 Markina attack|attack in a bar in Markina]] * October 3, 1980: 3 police officers are killed after their car was strafed with gunfire in Durango.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1980/10/04/espana/339462005_850215.html#despiece2?rel=mas|title=Tres policías, muertos en atentado en Durango (Biscay)|date=1980-10-04|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * October 4, 1980: Three unmasked gunmen murder 3 Civil Guards minutes before the start of a [[cycling]] race that was to have kicked off a local fiesta in [[Agurain/Salvatierra]], [[Alava|Àlava]] The murders received particular notoriety because the local priest, Ismael Arrieta Pérez de Mendiola, provided details to help the terrorists plan the attack. Father Ismael received 10 years in prison for each of the 3 murders (which the [[Supreme Court|Supreme Court of Spain]] later reduced to 18 years).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1980/10/05/espana/339548410_850215.html|title=Tres agentes de la Guardia Civil de Tráfico, asesinados en una carretera de Alava|date=1980-10-05|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mapadelterror.com/en/victims/angel-prado-mella/|title= Ángel Prado Mella|access-date=2023-10-04|language=es}}</ref> * November 3, 1980: ETA's second deadliest attack of the year sees 5 people, four of them civil guards, killed in a gun [[1980 Zarautz attack|attack in a bar in Zarautz]] * May 7, 1981: 3 members of the Spanish military are killed after a bomb was placed on top of their vehicle in Madrid.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1734&dat=19810507&id=FZobAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-1IEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3964,4217850&hl=en|title = The Dispatch - Google News Archive Search}}</ref> * 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.<ref>{{cite journal | first = Bedoya | last = J.G. | date = 3 October 1981 | title = La policía de Santander atribuye a ETA Militar el sabotaje terrorista contra el "Marqués de la Ensenada" |journal= El País |language= es | url = http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/ETA/policia/Santander/atribuye/ETA/Militar/sabotaje/terrorista/Marques/Ensenada/elpepiesp/19811003elpepinac_4/Tes/ |access-date= 31 March 2009 }}</ref> * March 23, 1982: An ETA gun attack kills 2 police inspectors and a civilian in [[Sestao]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1982/03/23/espana/385686027_850215.html|title=Asesinados en Sestao, un salvaje atentado, dos policías y la novia de uno de ellos|date=1982-03-23|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * September 14, 1982: ETA's deadliest attack of the year occurs in [[Rentería]], where they [[September 1982 Rentería attack|ambush and kill four police officers]]. * May 28, 1983: 2 Civil Guards were killed by gunmen in Pamplona while guarding a post office.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1983/05/29/espana/423007201_850215.html|title=Dos guardias civiles asesinados en Pamplona cuando hacían guardia en el interior deja central de Correos|date=1983-05-29|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es|trans-title=Two civil guards assassinated in Pamplona when they were guarding in the interior leaves post office}}</ref> * April 13, 1984: A booby trap bomb in a car kills 2 policemen in Pamplona. Earlier in the day a retired army commander was shot dead by ETA gunmen, also in Pamplona.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1984/04/14/espana/450741604_850215.html|title=Un comerciante, comandante retirado y dos policías nacionales fueron asesinados en Pamplona en dos atentados en cadena|date=1984-04-14|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * December 7, 1984: A bomb hidden in a car detonates as a military convoy passes in the town of [[Galdakao]]. 2 soldiers and a civilian are killed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1984/12/08/espana/471308406_850215.html|title=Dos militales y un civil muertos por la explosión de un coche bomba en Galdácano|date=1984-12-08|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * May 22, 1985: 2 off-duty policemen are shot dead near San Sebastián.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1985/05/23/espana/485647201_850215.html|title=Dos policías nacionales, asesinados cuando paseaban de paisano por un monte cercano a San Sebastián|date=1985-05-23|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * May 30, 1985: A 14-year-old boy and a policeman are killed by a bomb in Pamplona.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1985/05/31/espana/486338404_850215.html|title=Un niño y un policía, muertos en un atentado en Pamplona|date=1985-05-31|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * September 1985: A 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;<ref name="colón">[http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/COLoN_DE_CARVAJAL/_CRISToBAL/ETA/Asesinados/Madrid/vicealmirante/Colon/Carvajal/conductor/atentado/fue/herido/comandante/Rodriguez/Toube/elpepiesp/19860207elpepinac_7/Tes/ Asesinados en Madrid el vicealmirante Colón de Carvajal y su conductor en un atentado en el que fue herido el comandante Rodríguez Toube], ''[[El País]]'', 7 de febrero de 1986.</ref> the Rear Admiral, descended from [[Cristóbal Colón]]. * June 17, 1986: 3 members of Spanish army are shot dead inside a car while driving through Madrid.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1986/06/18/espana/519429605_850215.html|title=Sáenz de Ynestrillas y otros dos militares, asesinados en Madrid|date=1986-06-18|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * 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. * January 30, 1987: A car bomb by the [[Plaza of Our Lady of the Pillar|Plaza del Pilar]] in [[Zaragoza]] explodes at the passing of a military bus carrying personnel and teachers of the [[General Military Academy]], killing 1 officer and the bus driver and injuring more than 40, some critically. * June 19, 1987: [[Hipercor bombing]]: A car bomb explodes in the underground car park of an [[Hipercor]] supermarket in Barcelona, killing 21 civilians, mostly women (one pregnant) and several small children, and injuring 45. * July 14, 1987: A roadside bomb explodes beside a Civil Guard patrol in [[Oñati|Oñate]], killing 2.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.teinteresa.es/espana/Pedro-Galnares-Antonio-Lopez-Martinez-Colmenero_0_1286272628.html|title=Pedro Galnares y Antonio López Martínez-Colmenero, asesinados en 1987 en Oñati|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * August 6, 1987: A bomb kills 2 policemen in Vitoria.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1987/08/07/espana/555285608_850215.html|title=ETA asesina a a dos policías en Vitoria durante las fiestas patronales de la Virgen Blanca|date=1987-08-07|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * September 9, 1987: A car bomb detonates outside the Civil Guard headquarters in Guernica. 2 Civil Guards are killed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1987/09/10/espana/558223205_850215.html|title=La explosión de un coche bomba mata a dos guardias civiles en Gernika|date=1987-09-10|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * December 11, 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, including 5 children and injuring 88. * April 15, 1988: 2 policemen are shot dead in Vitoria.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1988/04/16/espana/577144804_850215.html|title=Dos policías asesinados a tiros en Vitoria al munición empleada habitualmente por ETA|date=1988-04-16|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * August 21, 1988: A car bomb in [[Estella-Lizarra|Estella]] kills 2 police officers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1988/08/22/espana/588204003_850215.html|title=Dos guardias civiles de Tráfico, asesinados en Navarra por la explosión de un coche bomba|date=1988-08-22|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * September 10, 1988: 2 police men of the anti-terrorism brigade are shot dead in [[Izurtza]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1988/09/12/espana/590018402_850215.html|title=Los policías asesinados en Vizcaya investigaban sobre un posible lugar de contacto de 'etarras'|date=1988-09-12|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * November 22, 1988: A bomb outside a Civil Guard building in Madrid kills 2 civilians, one of whom was a 2-year-old child.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1988/11/24/espana/596329205_850215.html|title=Un niño de dos años y un directivo de largometrajes de TVE son Ias dos víctimas mortales del coche bomba|date=1988-11-24|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * May 8, 1989: A booby-trap bomb kills 2 policemen in Madrid.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1989/05/11/espana/610840813_850215.html|title=Los funcionarios de prisiones recibirán cursillos en prevención de atentados|date=1989-05-11|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * May 24, 1989: A car bomb in Bilbao killed 2 officers of the National Police and 1 Ertzaintza.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1989/05/25/portada/612050401_850215.html|title=ETA marca el inicio de la campaña europea con el asesinato de 3 policías|date=1989-05-25|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * June 26, 1989: A large bomb exploded outside a Civil Guard barracks in the town of Llodio, thirteen miles from Bilbao.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/collections/news/21345755-barracks-bombed-in-basque-country/|title = Barracks Bombed in Basque Country|website = [[RTÉ.ie]]}}</ref> * July 19, 1989: A commander and colonel in the Spanish army are shot dead by gunmen in Madrid.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1989/07/20/portada/616888801_850215.html|title=ETA asesina a dos jefes del Ejército junto al Gobierno Militar de Madrid|date=1989-07-20|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * September 12, 1989: Anti-terrorist prosecutor from the [[Audiencia Nacional]] [[Carmen Tagle]] is shot dead in front of her home.<ref>[https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2019/09/12/5d792507fdddffdd978b45df.html 30 años del asesinato de Carmen Tagle: el azote de ETA que encargaba paella para los detenidos] {{in lang|es}}</ref> *October 1989-July 1990: [[ETA attacks in the Netherlands]]. ===1990–1999=== ====1990==== * January 27: A small bomb explodes outside a bar near Pamplona.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/01/28/espana/633481210_850215.html|title=Bomba contra un bar en las afueras de Pamplona|date=1990-01-28|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * January 30: A bomb hidden in a bicycle explodes in Bilbao, killing a police officer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/01/31/espana/633740405_850215.html|title=Muere un policía en Bilbao al estallar un artefacto|date=1990-01-31|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * February 5: A bomb, hidden in a garbage bag, was defused outside a civil guard barracks in [[Ortuella]].<ref name="elpais1990">{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/02/07/espana/634345212_850215.html|title=ETA desmiente los rumores sobre una tregua y se atribuye los últimos atentados|date=1990-02-07|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * February 6: A booby-trap bomb was placed under a police officer's car in Ortuella. The device was defused.<ref name="elpais1990"/> * February 27: A parcel bomb severely injures the president of the [[Audiencia Nacional]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/02/28/portada/636159601_850215.html|title=Un paquete bomba amputa Ias manos al presidente de la Audiencia Nacional|date=1990-02-28|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * February 28: A parcel bomb seriously injures a post office worker.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/03/01/portada/636246002_850215.html|title=Una funcionaria de Correos, herida grave por la explosión de otra carta bomba|date=1990-03-01|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * March 1: A retired lieutenant was severely injured after being shot in the head in San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/03/02/espana/636332408_850215.html|title=Un militar herido grave en San Sebastián al recibir un disparo en la cabeza|date=1990-03-02|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * March 3: A grenade was fired at the civil guard barracks in [[Amorebieta]], but failed to explode.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/03/04/espana/636505209_850215.html|title=Un comando de ETA lanza una granada contra el cuartel de Amorebieta|date=1990-03-04|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * March 6: Police intercept a letter bomb sent to the Interior Minister.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/03/07/espana/636764411_850215.html|title=ETA envía una carta bomba al Congreso dirigida al ministro del Interior|date=1990-03-07|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es|trans-title=ETA sends a letter bomb to the Congress addressed to the Minister of the Interior}}</ref> * March 14: A prison official was shot dead in San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/03/15/espana/637455615_850215.html|title=Protesta general en las prisiones tras el asesinato de un funcionario por ETA|date=1990-03-15|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * April 4: A civil guard cook was shot dead near San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/04/05/espana/639266405_850215.html|title=ETA asesina al cocinero del cuartel de la Guardia Civil de Intxaurrondo|date=1990-04-05|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * April 6: A gunman shoots dead a drug trafficker and his wife while they are leaving a bar in San Sebastian. * April 7: in [[Lekunberri, Spain|Lekunberri]] 6 grenades are launched at a civil guard barracks at 10-minute intervals, injuring 2 guards. A booby trap bomb planted at the launch site injured another 2 officers and killed a sniffer dog.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/04/08/espana/639525605_850215.html|title=ETA lanza seis granadas a intervalos de 10 minutos contra un cuartel en Navarra|date=1990-04-08|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * April 19: A letter bomb seriously injures an official for the [[Seville Expo '92]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/04/20/espana/640562404_850215.html|title=Una carta bomba amputa la mano a una funcionaria de la Comisaría de la Expo 92|date=1990-04-20|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * April 23: A letter bomb moderately injured a prison official. A second package was sent to the Ministry of Justice but was defused.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/04/24/portada/640908004_850215.html|title=ETA envía otros dos paquetes bomba contra funcionarios de prisiones|date=1990-04-24|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * May 9: The Tour of Spain cycling event was disrupted by 2 bomb explosions near the race route. No one was injured.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/05/10/deportes/642290401_850215.html|title=Un atentado de ETA paraliza la etapa en el paso del límite de La Rioja con Navarra|date=1990-05-10|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * May 16: A parcel bomb returned from Seville was defused in Burgos.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/05/17/espana/642895213_850215.html|title=Desactivan en Burgos un paquete bomba que fue devuelto desde Sevilla|date=1990-05-17|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * June 3: A former police officer was shot dead in Pamplona.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/06/04/espana/644450407_850215.html|title=ETA se atribuye el asesinato de un ex policía expulsado por tráfico de estupefacientes|date=1990-06-04|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * June 10: A civilian is shot dead in [[Algorta]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/06/11/espana/645055217_850215.html|title=Dos individuos asesinan a una persona en Vizcaya|date=1990-06-11|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * June 13: A retired army colonel was shot dead in San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/06/14/espana/645314404_850215.html|title=Asesinado en San Sebastián un militar de 74 años|date=1990-06-14|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * June 18: A bomb explodes under the car of a police officer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/06/19/espana/645746413_850215.html|title=Un policía presenció la destrucción de su vehículo por una bomba en Basauri|date=1990-06-19|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * June 20: A bomb was defused under the car of a police officer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/06/21/espana/645919221_850215.html|title=Descubierto un explosivo en el coche de un policía que ocupaban cinco niños|date=1990-06-21|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * June 25: A gun battle along the river [[Irati (river)|Irati]] leaves 2 ETA members and a civil guard dead.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/06/26/espana/646351203_850215.html|title=Un sargento de la Guardia Civil muerto y otro herido en un tiroteo en Navarra|date=1990-06-26|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * June 28: A retired army captain was shot dead in San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/06/29/espana/646610406_850215.html|title=ETA asesina en San Sebastián a un militar retirado de 74 años|date=1990-06-29|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * July 7: A police officer lost both his legs in an under car booby-trap bomb in [[Barakaldo]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/07/08/espana/647388003_850215.html|title=Un policía pierde las piernas en Baracaldo al estallar un artefacto bajo su coche|date=1990-07-08|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * July 12: In Algorta a remote control bomb seriously injured a civil guard.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/07/13/espana/647820017_850215.html|title=Un guardia civil, herido de gravedad al estallar una bomba en Algorta|date=1990-07-13|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * August 12: 4 grenades were fired at the civil guard barracks in Zarautz.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/08/13/espana/650498408_850215.html|title=ETA lanzó cuatro granadas contra el cuartel de la Guardia Civil de Zarautz|date=1990-08-13|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * August 14: A bomb explodes on the León-Gijón railway line.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/08/15/portada/650671203_850215.html|title=ETA hace estallar tres kilos de trilita en la línea León-Gijón|date=1990-08-15|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * August 14: A bomb placed under a police officer's car was defused in San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/08/15/espana/650671202_850215.html|title=Desactivado un explosivo colocado en el coche de un policía|date=1990-08-15|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * August 17: A second bomb explodes on a railway line.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/08/18/espana/650930402_850215.html|title=Explota una segunda bomba en la línea Madrid-Oviedo, una de las amenazadas por ETA|date=1990-08-18|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * August 17: A car bomb damages the central police station in Burgos. 48 people were lightly injured.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/08/18/espana/650930401_850215.html|title=ETA destruye con un coche bomba la comisaria central de Burgos|date=1990-08-18|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * August 21: An ETA member is killed by his own bomb in Oiartzun.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/08/22/espana/651276002_850215.html|title=Un joven muere en Oyarzun destrozado por el explosivo que manipulaba en un hipermercado|date=1990-08-22|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * August 28: Two bars are damaged by bombs in San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/08/29/espana/651880806_850215.html|title=ETA destruye dos bares en San Sebastián|date=1990-08-29|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * August 30: A parcel bomb addressed to a civil guard colonel was defused in Intxaurrondo.<ref>Intxaurrondo</ref> * August 31: A bomb destroys a boat docked at a navy port in San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/09/01/espana/652140002_850215.html|title=Un artefacto explosivo destroza una patrullera de la Armada en el puerto de San Sebastián|date=1990-09-01|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * September 1: A civilian and a police officer are killed by a car bomb in Bilbao.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/09/03/espana/652312801_850215.html|title=ETA utiliza por primera vez un coche a distancia y mata a dos personas en Bilbao|date=1990-09-03|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * September 9: Two explosions occur at an oil refinery in [[Tarragona]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/09/10/portada/652917601_850215.html|title=La policía sospecha que el incendio en la refinería de Tarragona es obra de ETA|date=1990-09-10|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * September 11: A car bomb wounds 17 outside a civil guard barracks in Cartagena.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/09/12/espana/653090412_850215.html|title=Un coche bomba de ETA causa 17 heridos en la casa cuartel de Cartagena|date=1990-09-12|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * September 16: A bomb lightly wounded two police officers in Bilbao.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/09/17/espana/653522408_850215.html|title=Dos policias, heridos en Bilbao al estallar una bomba accionada a distancia|date=1990-09-17|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * September 18: A gunfight erupts between a police patrol and an ETA group preparing to kill an alleged drug dealer. 1 ETA gunman is killed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/09/19/espana/653695201_850215.html|title=Muerto por la policía en Pamplona un etarra que pretendía atentar contra un narcotraficante|date=1990-09-19|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * September 22: 3 grenades are fired at the police headquarters in San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/09/23/espana/654040807_850215.html|title=ETA lanza tres granadas contra el cuartel de la policía en San Sebastián|date=1990-09-23|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * September 26: A bomb is found planted under a police vehicle in [[Basauri]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/09/27/espana/654386408_850215.html|title=Un agente salva la vida al descubrir una bomba colocada en su vehículo|date=1990-09-27|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * September 27: A bomb explodes in Renteria. * October 6: A bar owner was shot dead in [[Plentzia]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/10/08/portada/655340401_850215.html|title=ETA asesina al dueño de un bar de Plentzia cinco días antes de que comience la campaña electoral|date=1990-10-08|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * October 17: A 50-kilogramme car bomb was defused outside a car dealership in San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/10/18/portada/656204404_850215.html|title=Desactivado un coche bomba con 50 kilos de explosivos junto a tres colegios de San Sebastián|date=1990-10-18|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * October 23: A 70 kilogramme car bomb was defused near a civil guard barracks in Pesues.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/10/24/portada/656722804_850215.html|title=La Guardia Civil desactiva un coche bomba colocado por ETA en un pueblo de Cantabria|date=1990-10-24|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * November 2: 2 grenades were thrown at the civil guard barracks in [[Balmaseda]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/11/03/espana/657586810_850215.html|title=Atentado contra la casa cuartel de la Guardia Civil de Balmaseda|date=1990-11-03|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * November 8 : In [[Pasaia]] 2 policemen were wounded by a bicycle bomb.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/11/09/espana/658105224_850215.html|title=Una moto bomba con cinco kilos de amonal hiere a dos guardias civiles en Pasaia|date=1990-11-09|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * November 18: A van bomb in [[Santurtzi|Santurce]] kills 2 policemen.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/11/19/espana/658969201_850215.html|title=Mueren dos policías en Santurtzi al estallar una camioneta bomba con 100 kilos de amosal|date=1990-11-19|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * November 23: A car bomb explodes outside a civil guard barracks in [[Sant Carles de la Ràpita]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/11/24/espana/659401215_850215.html|title=ETA atenta contra una casa cuartel en Tarragona con un coche bomba guiado por control remoto|date=1990-11-24|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * December 1: A bomb explodes in bar in San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/12/02/espana/660092408_850215.html|title=Atentado en San Sebastián|date=1990-12-02|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> *December 8: [[1990 Sabadell attack|A car bomb explodes]] in the town of [[Sabadell]] ([[Province of Barcelona|Barcelona]]) killing 6 [[Cuerpo Nacional de Policía (Spain)|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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/BARCELONA/SABADELL_/BARCELONA/CUERPO_NACIONAL_DE_POLICIA/ETA/COMANDO_BARCELONA/policias/muertos/varios/heridos/Sabadell/atentado/ETA/coche/bomba/elpepiesp/19901209elpepinac_12/Tes?print=1 |title=Seis policías muertos y varios heridos en Sabadell en un atentado de ETA con coche bomba |newspaper=El País | date = December 9, 1990 | language = es | access-date = September 23, 2010 }}</ref> * December 9: A bomb explodes in a military barracks in San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/12/10/espana/660783604_850215.html|title=Estalla una bomba en un edificio de viviendas militares en San Sebastián|date=1990-12-10|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * December 13: A newspaper seller, accused of being a police informer, is shot dead in San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/12/14/espana/661129226_850215.html|title=ETA asesina a un vendedor de prensa en San Sebastián|date=1990-12-14|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * December 14: A policeman is killed by a bomb in Amorbieta.<ref name="elpais2">{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/12/15/espana/661215616_850215.html|title=ETA asesina a un policía en Amorebieta y hiere a un inspector en San Sebastián|date=1990-12-15|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * December 14: In San Sebastian a police officer was lightly injured after a bomb exploded while he was refueling his car.<ref name="elpais2"/> * December 15: A civilian was lightly injured after a bomb exploded outside a police station in Basauri.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/12/16/espana/661302009_850215.html|title=Herido en una explosión|date=1990-12-16|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * December 17: A letter bomb seriously injures a woman at her home in Madrid after her husband had stolen the package from a sorting office.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/12/19/espana/661561206_850215.html|title=Detenido un cartero por apropiarse del paquete bomba que hirió a su esposa|date=1990-12-19|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * December 20: 12 people are injured after a car bomb explodes near a military barracks in Valencia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/12/21/espana/661734018_850215.html|title=Una mujer pierde las dos piernas y otras 11 personas resultan heridas por coche bomba de ETA en Valencia|date=1990-12-21|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * December 27: A letter bomb sent to a construction company is defused by police.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/12/28/espana/662338804_850215.html|title=Desactivado un artefacto dirigido a una empresa de la autovía de Navarra|date=1990-12-28|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * December 28: A car bomb is defused outside a civil guard headquarters in Durango.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/12/29/espana/662425203_850215.html|title=La Guardia Civil hace estallar un coche bomba en Durango|date=1990-12-29|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> ====1991==== *January 1: Police carried out a controlled explosion on a bomb in a post office in Vitoria.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/01/02/espana/662770802_850215.html|title=La policía explosiona una bomba en una sucursal de la Caja Postal en Vitoria|date=1991-01-02|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> *January 2: Colonel Luis Garcia Lozano was shot dead in his office in San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/01/03/portada/662857201_850215.html|title=ETA asesina al gobernador militar de Guipúzcoa en funciones|date=1991-01-03|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * January 8: In Bilbao a woman and her 11-year-old daughter were injured when a bomb exploded underneath the van they were in. Their family was alleged by ETA to be involved in drug trafficking.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/01/09/espana/663375619_850215.html|title=Una mujer y su hija, heridas al estallar una bomba adosada a su coche en Bilbao|date=1991-01-09|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> *January 9: An alleged drug trafficker was seriously injured by a bomb placed under his van. He died 2 days later.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/01/10/espana/663462010_850215.html|title=Un herido grave al estallar una bomba en una furgoneta en Bilbao|date=1991-01-10|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/01/12/espana/663634822_850215.html|title=Fallece el hombre que resulto herido el miércoles en un atentado en Bilbao|date=1991-01-12|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> *January 10: In the third such attack in as many days, a man was seriously injured by an under car booby trap bomb in San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/01/11/espana/663548418_850215.html|title=Un joven, herido muy grave en un atentado en San Sebastián|date=1991-01-11|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> *January 18: A bomb explodes in a block of buildings in San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/01/19/espana/664239607_850215.html|title=Una bomba de ETA causa el pánico en un edificio de San Sebastián|date=1991-01-19|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> *January 22: A small bomb exploded in a bank in Pamplona.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/01/23/espana/664585212_850215.html|title=Bomba en banco|date=1991-01-23|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> *January 31: A former civil guard was shot dead in Bilbao<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/02/01/espana/665362810_850215.html|title = ETA asesina a un ex guardia civil|newspaper = El País|date = 31 January 1991|last1 = Bidaurrazaga|first1 = Aitor Guenaga}}</ref> *February 4: 2 bombs exploded in San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/02/05/espana/665708411_850215.html|title=Explosiones en San Sebastián|date=1991-02-05|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> *February 5: a building inhabited by police officers and their families in San Sebastian was evacuated after a small bomb exploded beside it.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/02/06/espana/665794807_850215.html|title=Un edificio habitado por policías sufre el cuarto atentado|date=1991-02-06|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-03-16|language=es}}</ref> *February 14: a navy patrol boat was sunk by a bomb in [[Hondarribia]]. There were no reported injuries. In another incident a bomb placed in a [[Telefónica]] building in San Sebastian was defused.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/02/15/espana/666572407_850215.html|title=Una bomba destruye una patrullera de la Armada en Guipúzcoa|date=1991-02-15|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-03-16|language=es}}</ref> *February 15: a car bomb exploded outside of a prison in Malaga. No significant damage was caused and 10 people suffered minor injuries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/02/16/espana/666658809_850215.html|title=15 viviendas desalojadas en Málaga por la explosión de un coche bomba de ETA|date=1991-02-16|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-03-16|language=es}}</ref> *February 19: a small bomb damaged an excavator working on a highway project in Pamplona.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/02/21/espana/667090815_850215.html|title=Atentado contra la autovía|date=1991-02-21|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-03-16|language=es}}</ref> *February 21: a bank in Pamplona suffered minor damage from a bomb.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/02/22/espana/667177207_850215.html|title=Bomba en Pamplona|date=1991-02-22|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-03-16|language=es}}</ref> *March 2: 5 civil guards and a civilian were injured after a large truck bomb exploded outside of a refinery in Somorrostro.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/03/03/espana/667954805_850215.html|title=Cinco guardias civiles y una mujer, heridos al estallar un camión bomba en Somorrostro|date=1991-03-03|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-03-16|language=es}}</ref> *March 3: 5 cars were damaged by fire after a bomb exploded at a [[Renault]] dealership in San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/03/04/espana/668041211_850215.html|title=Un artefacto explosivo|date=1991-03-04|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-03-16|language=es}}</ref> *March 4: In [[Valencia]] José Edmundo Casañ, the regional delegate of the construction company [[Ferrovial]], was shot dead in his office. Approximately 15 minutes later elsewhere in the city a car bomb was defused by police.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/03/06/espana/668214005_850215.html|title=La policía atribuye a ETA el coche bomba de Valencia|date=1991-03-06|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-03-16|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mapadelterror.com/victims/jose-edmundo-casan-perez-serrano/ |title=José Edmundo Casañ Perez Serrano |access-date=2023-10-30|language=es}}</ref> *March 7: a car bomb caused significant damage after it exploded outside the headquarters of the construction company [[Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas]] in Madrid. There were no injuries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/03/08/espana/668386801_850215.html|title=Un coche bomba explota junto a la sede central de Construcciones y Contratas en Madrid|date=1991-03-08|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-03-16|language=es}}</ref> *May 29: A [[1991 Vic bombing|car bomb]] loaded with 70 kg of explosives is detonated inside the Civil Guard's Casa Cuartel in [[Vic, Spain|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.<ref name="vic"> {{cite web | title = Vic (Barcelona) recordará hoy a las víctimas del atentado de ETA en su casa cuartel | work = eleconomista.es | date = 13 June 2009 | url = http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/espana/noticias/1326181/06/09/Vic-Barcelona-recordara-hoy-a-las-victimas-del-atentado-de-ETA-en-su-casa-cuartel.html | access-date = 2010-09-05 }} </ref> *May 30: A police officer was seriously injured in Bilbao after a bomb planted under the driver's seat of his car detonated.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1991/05/31/espana/675640804_850215.html|title=Un policia, herido en Bilbao por una bomba colocada en su coche|date=1991-05-31|work=El País|access-date=2018-07-21|language=es|issn=1134-6582}}</ref> *June 5: Lieutenant Aguilar Prieto, a member of the Air Force, was killed after a bomb detonated under his car in Madrid. 4 teenagers standing at a bus stop near by were injured.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1991/06/06/espana/676159221_850215.html|title=ETA asesina en Madrid a un teniente del Ejercito del Aire al hacer estallar una bomba en su coche|date=1991-06-06|work=El País|access-date=2018-07-21|language=es|issn=1134-6582}}</ref> In Italy the office of Iberia in Milan and the Spanish school in [[Bologna]] were damaged by bombs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1991/06/12/espana/676677604_850215.html|title=Nuevos atentados terroristas contra intereses españoles en Milán y Bolonia|date=1991-06-12|work=El País|access-date=2018-07-21|language=es|issn=1134-6582}}</ref> *June 12: 2 policemen are killed trying to defuse a bomb in Madrid.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/06/13/portada/676764002_850215.html|title=Mueren dos artificieros al estallar una bomba en una empresa de Madrid|date=1991-06-13|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> *June 13: Civil Guard Ricardo Ríos was shot dead while sitting in his car in [[Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran|Trápaga]]. The victim was waiting on his son leaving school when he was shot.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1991/06/14/espana/676850407_850215.html|title=ETA asesina a un guardia civil en la puerta del colegio de sus hijo|date=1991-06-14|work=El País|access-date=2018-07-21|language=es|issn=1134-6582}}</ref> *June 23: A 50 kilogram car bomb exploded outside of a police station in Madrid injuring 5 officers. Dozens of homes and cars nearby were damaged in the blast.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1991/06/24/espana/677714418_850215.html|title=Un coche bomba teledirigido hiere a cinco policías y destroza una comisaría de Madrid y un mercado|date=1991-06-24|work=El País|access-date=2018-07-21|language=es|issn=1134-6582}}</ref> *June 25: A police officer escaped death whenever a bomb planted onto his car detached from it in [[Basauri]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1991/06/26/espana/677887225_850215.html|title=Un policía y su familia salvan la vida al desprenderse una bomba del coche|date=1991-06-26|work=El País|access-date=2018-07-21|language=es|issn=1134-6582}}</ref> * June 28: A prison guard, 2 inmates and a civilian are killed by parcel bomb in a Seville prison.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/06/29/portada/678146401_850215.html|title=Una bomba mata a 4 personas y hiere a otras 30 en la cárcel de Sevilla|date=1991-06-29|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * July 1: A parcel bomb, similar to the one sent to a Seville prison a few days prior, detonates in Madrid. 2 police officers attempting to defuse the devise are killed. A third dies a few days later.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/07/02/portada/678405604_850215.html|title=Dos artificieros mueren en Madrid al desactivar un paquete bomba|date=1991-07-02|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * July 6: 2 incendiary devices detonate inside of tour buses used by Spanish tourists in [[Rome]]. There are no injuries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1991/07/07/espana/678837604_850215.html|title=Bombas incendiarias contra dos autobuses españoles en Roma|date=1991-07-07|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-07-09|language=es}}</ref> * July 27: A car bomb detonated in San Sebastian as a police vehicle passed. While major damage was caused to the surroundings, no injuries were reported. In a separate attack earlier in the day a car bomb detonated outside of a Civil Guards barracks in Irún. 4 Guards and 12 family members were lightly injured in the blast.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1991/07/29/espana/680738415_850215.html|title=Un coche bomba con 20 kilos de explosivo mata a un guardia civil y hiere a otro en Vizcaya|date=1991-07-29|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> *July 28: A Civil Guard was killed and another was injured by a bomb in Getxo. The two Guards were inside of an unmarked vehicle whenever a car bomb exploded as they passed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1991/07/29/espana/680738415_850215.html|title=Un coche bomba con 20 kilos de explosivo mata a un guardia civil y hiere a otro en Vizcaya|date=1991-07-29|work=El País|access-date=2018-07-23|language=es|issn=1134-6582}}</ref> *August 2: Two businessmen were injured by a parcel bomb in Madrid. The construction firm they both worked for had been contracted to build a highway between San Sebastian and Pamplona.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1991/08/03/espana/681170417_850215.html|title=Una bomba hiere en Madrid a un directivo y a un guarda de una empresa relacionada con Leizarán|date=1991-08-03|work=El País|access-date=2018-07-23|language=es|issn=1134-6582}}</ref> *September 16: 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.<ref name="LV">[http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1991/09/17/pagina-18/33491269/pdf.html La Vanguardia], p18, 17 September 1991</ref> * October 23: 2 civil guards are shot dead inside a bar in San Sebastian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/10/24/espana/688258837_850215.html|title=Dos guardias civiles, asesinados a tiros en un bar de San Sebastián por dos encapuchados|date=1991-10-24|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> * November 7: In Erandio one child is killed by a car bomb.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rtve.es/memoriadevida/detalle.php?id=699|title=En 1991, ETA mató a siete niños —uno en San Sebastián, cinco en Vic (Barcelona) y uno en Erandio|date=1991-11-07|work=[[rtve]]|access-date=2024-08-01|language=es}}</ref> * December 13: In Barcelona 2 national policemen are shot dead.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/12/14/portada/692665204_850215.html|title=Dos policías, asesinados en un atentado en Barcelona|date=1991-12-14|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> ====1992==== * January 15: University of Valencia Professor, Manuel Broseta Pont, is shot dead by ETA in the gardens in front of the University on the Avenida de Blasco Ibañez, Valencia <ref>{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1992/01/16/espana/695516420_850215.html|title=ETA asesina en Valencia de un tiro en la nuca al consejero de Estado Manuel Broseta|newspaper=El País |date=16 January 1992 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310065512/https://elpais.com/diario/1992/01/16/espana/695516420_850215.html|archive-date= March 10, 2019}}</ref> * January 16: 2 non-commissioned officers are shot dead in Barcelona.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1992/01/17/espana/695602814_850215.html|title=ETA asesina a dos suboficiales del Ejercito en su segundo atentado en una semana en Barcelona|date=1992-01-17|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> *February 6: in their deadliest attack of the year, an ETA car bomb [[1992 Madrid attack|kills 4 soldiers and 1 civilian employee]] of the army in Plaza de la Cruz Verde, 200 metres from the army headquarters in Madrid. * August 17: 2 civil guards are shot dead while shopping in [[Oyarzun]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1992/08/18/espana/714088805_850215.html|title=ETA pone fin a más de dos meses de inactividad al asesinar a dos guardias civiles en Oiartzun|date=1992-08-18|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> ====1993==== *June 21: [[1993 Madrid bombings|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. ====1994==== *April 18: A passer-by was killed and eight people wounded in Barcelona when ETA men fired two mortars targeting a military headquarters on [[La Rambla, Barcelona|La Rambla]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/barcelona-mortar-attack-kills-passer-by-1371002.html|title = Barcelona mortar attack kills passer-by|website = [[Independent.co.uk]]|date = 22 October 2011}}</ref> *April 28: José Benigno Villalobos Blanco a Corporal First of Guardia civil is shot dead in back at entrance of his house building in Trapagarán, Biscay.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1994/04/29/espana/767570420_850215.html |work=[[El País]] |language=es|title=Activistas del 'comando Vizcaya' asesinan por la espalda a un guardia civil vasco en Trapagaran |date=28 April 1994 |last1=Bidaurrazaga |first1=Aitor Guenaga }}</ref> *July 19: An army lieutenant is killed by a bomb in Madrid. His driver and a passerby are also killed by the blast.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1994/07/30/espana/775519208_850215.html|title=ETA asesina a un general, su chófer y un transeúnte|date=1994-07-30|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> ====1995==== *1995: Assassination plot on King [[Juan Carlos of Spain]] failed. *April 19: 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 Vallecas bombing|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. ====1996==== *January 17: 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|date=August 2008}} *July 20: Bombs at [[Reus Airport]] injured 35 people, mostly British tourists.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/04/travel/after-bomb-in-airport-spain-tightens-security.html|title = After Bomb in Airport, Spain Tightens Security|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 4 August 1996|last1 = Goodman|first1 = Al}}</ref> ====1997==== *July 10: Abduction of Basque councillor [[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 on July 13.<ref>{{cite news |last=Marín |first=Maribel |title=ETA abandona a Blanco con dos tiros en la cabeza tras desoír el clamor de los ciudadanos |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1997/07/13/espana/868744825_850215.html |access-date=24 February 2011 |newspaper=[[El País]] |date=13 July 1997 |language=es |location=San Sebastián |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417232141/https://elpais.com/diario/1997/07/13/espana/868744825_850215.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ====1998==== *30 January: A PP councillor and his wife are shot dead at a restaurant in Seville.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1998/01/31/espana/886201202_850215.html|title=ETA mató con tiros en la nuca al concejal del PP de Sevilla y a su mujer|date=1998-01-31|work=[[El País]]|access-date=2017-11-01|language=es}}</ref> ====1999==== * December 21–22: The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a Madrid-bound van driven by ETA members and loaded with 950 kg of explosives near [[Calatayud]] ([[Province of Zaragoza|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 [[September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks|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). ===2000–2011=== ====2000==== [[File:Demonstration against ETA, January 2000.jpg|thumb|right|Demonstration in Madrid against the killing of Pedro Antonio Blanco Garcia]] *January 21: ETA ends a 19-month lull in their guerrilla war with two massive car bombs in Madrid that kill Spanish army officer Pedro Antonio Blanco Garcia. Four people were reported injured, including one child. No injuries were reported for the second blast. A police officer was reported to have died in a shootout after the attack.<ref name="jan_21_2000"> {{cite news | title = Car bombs rock Madrid | work = The Guardian | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/jan/21/spain.marktran1 | access-date = 2010-04-01 | location=London | first=Mark | last=Tran | date=January 21, 2000 }} </ref><ref name="jan_21_2000_1"> {{cite web | title = Gun battle as car bomb kills army officer | work = The Evening Standard | url = http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-5261321.html | access-date = 2010-04-01 }} </ref> *February 22: An ETA car bomb kills the secretary general of the Socialist Party for the Basque province of [[Álava]], [[Fernando Buesa|Fernando Buesa Blanco]], and his bodyguard. The bomb was detonated as they walked past in a university campus in Vitoria.<ref name="feb_22_2000"> {{cite web | title = Car bomb explosion kills two in Spanish Basque region | work = RTÉ News | date = 22 February 2000 | url = http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0222/eta.html | access-date = 2010-04-01 }} </ref> *March 6: A car bomb loaded with 30 kg of explosives goes off at the passing of a Civil Guard [[Nissan Patrol|patrol]] in San Sebastián. 7 people were injured.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"> {{cite web | title = Atentados de ETA desde la ruptura de la última tregua | work = El Correo | url = http://www.elcorreo.com/alava/pg060322/actualidad/politica/200603/22/ETA_atentados.html | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-25 }} </ref> *March 21: A homemade bomb explodes in front of the house of journalist Pedro Briongos. The explosion caused damage to the building but no injuries.<ref> {{cite news | title = El Ayuntamiento de Bilbao condena el ataque al periodista Briongos | work = El País | date = 22 March 2000 | url = http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Ayuntamiento/Bilbao/condena/ataque/periodista/Briongos/elpepiesp/20000323elpepinac_40/Tes?print=1 | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-23 }} </ref> *March 27: ETA tries to kill Spanish National Radio journalist Carlos Herrera with a letter bomb sent to his office in [[Seville]]. The device was defused by police.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *May 7: José Luis López de la Calle, a journalist and contributor to the Basque edition of the Madrid-based daily [[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] is shot dead outside his home in [[Andoain]].<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *June 4: José María Pedrosa Urkiza, People's Party town councillor for [[Durango, Biscay|Durango]], is shot dead by ETA members.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *July 7: Ertzaintza officers defuse a bomb attached to the car of a businessman in the town of [[Ordizia]], Gipuzkoa.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> [[File:Preciados Madrid - exile on consuming street.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The July 12, 2000 car bomb caused great damage to El Corte Ingles and FNAC shopping centers in Preciados street of Madrid]] *July 12: A car bomb goes off in the center of Madrid injuring 12 people. The explosion was an attempt to kill police officers, as the device exploded 10 minutes before the scheduled time and officers were still clearing off the area.<ref> {{cite news | title = ETA coloca un coche bomba en el centro de Madrid | work = El País | date = 13 July 2000 | url = http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/ETA/ETA/coloca/coche/bomba/centro/Madrid/elpepiesp/20000713elpepinac_9/Tes | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-23 | last1 = Duva | first1 = Jesús | last2 = Francés | first2 = Juan }} </ref> *July 15: A local People's Party politician, Jose Maria Martin Carpena, is shot dead in the city of [[Málaga]], [[Andalusia]].<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *July 16: A car bomb explodes in a Civil Guard barracks in the town of [[Ágreda]], [[Soria]] slightly injuring one person and causing great damage.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *July 18: ETA sets off a powerful bomb in a shopping centre in Vitoria. No one was injured in the attack, which also destroyed the headquarters of a bank.<ref name="bbc_july_2000"> {{cite news | title = Bomb hits Basque capital | work = BBC News | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/840674.stm | access-date = 2010-09-23 | date=July 19, 2000 }} </ref> *July 19: A bomb is found attached to a car belonging to senior Socialist politician Jose Asenjo in the city of Málaga. The bomb safely detonated by police.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *July 20: A car loaded with explosives is defused by police in Málaga after a warning call from ETA.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *July 24: A car bomb explodes in Getxo and damages the house of People's Party Senator Pilar Aresti. 4 people were injured in the attack.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *July 26: Police defuse a bomb attached to the car of People's Party councillor Agustín Ramos Vallejo in Durango.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *July 27: A 1,5 kg bomb explodes in a bank machine in Vitoria.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *July 29: ETA members shot dead Socialist politician Juan María Jáuregui in Tolosa, Gipuzkoa. A car bomb, used to run away, exploded hours later in Villabona.<ref>{{cite web |title = Atentado de ETA en Tolosa (Guipúzcoa) |work = Ministerio del Interior |url = http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Terrorismo_de_ETA/esp/p41-esp.htm |language = es |access-date = 2010-09-24 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100316094313/http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Terrorismo_de_ETA/esp/p41-esp.htm |archive-date = 2010-03-16 }}</ref> *August 7: Four members of ETA die when a bomb exploded in their car in Bilbao. Police suspected they were taking the vehicle loaded with explosives to use as a car bomb somewhere in the city.<ref> {{cite news | title = Cuatro etarras mueren en Bilbao al explotar un coche cargado de explosivos y armas | work = El País | date = 7 August 2000 | url = http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/etarras/mueren/Bilbao/explotar/coche/cargado/explosivos/armas/elpepiesp/20000808elpepinac_19/Tes | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-24 | last1 = Rivas | first1 = Javier | last2 = Intxausti | first2 = Aurora }} </ref> *August 8: A car bomb explodes in Zumaia, Gipuzkoa killing José Maria Korta Uranga, the president of an employers' organization. Later that day, a car bomb exploded in Madrid, injuring 11 people.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *August 9: ETA gunmen kill Spanish lieutenant Francisco Casanova Vicente in Pamplona. Tension rises in Spain with anti and pro-ETA demonstrations and riots.<ref> {{cite news | title = Spanish soldier shot dead | work = BBC News | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/872833.stm | access-date = 2010-09-24 | date=August 9, 2000 }} </ref><ref> {{cite news | title = In pictures: Tensions in Spain | work = BBC News | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/875087.stm | access-date = 2010-09-24 | date=August 10, 2000 }} </ref> *August 20: A car bomb in the town of [[Sallent de Gallego]], Huesca kills two young Civil Guards.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *August 24: A series of bombs go off at several Basque companies offices. A total of 6 bombs exploded in the towns San Sebastián, Irun and Lazkao.<ref> {{cite web | title = ABC Hemeroteca | work = ABC.es | url = http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/2000/08/25.html | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-24 }} </ref> *August 29: People's Party councillor Manuel Indiano Azaustre is shot dead inside his sweet shop in [[Zumarraga, Spain|Zumárraga]], Gipuzkoa.<ref> {{cite web | title = Spanish politician shot dead in likely ETA attack | work = RTE.ie | date = 29 August 2000 | url = http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0829/eta.html | access-date = 2010-09-24 }} </ref> *September 10: A bomb explodes in a discothèque in Itziar, Gipuzkoa, causing great damage to the building. No one was injured.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *September 14: Former Socialist politician José Ramón Recalde survives after being shot in the head in San Sebastian.<ref name="eta_guns_2000"> {{cite news | title = Eta women emerge as top guns terror war | work = Guardian | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/sep/24/spain.theobserver | access-date = 2010-09-24 | location=London | first=Emma | last=Daly | date=September 24, 2000 }} </ref> *September 16: Police defuse eight grenade launchers in Hernani, Gipuzkoa where King Juan Carlos, José María Aznar and German Chancellor [[Gerhard Schroder]] were visiting a local museum.<ref> {{cite web | title = Dogs find hidden grenades as leaders visit Basque town | work = amarillo.com | url = http://amarillo.com/stories/2000/09/17/usn_spain.shtml | access-date = 2010-09-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110628231231/http://amarillo.com/stories/2000/09/17/usn_spain.shtml | archive-date = 2011-06-28 }} </ref> *September 21: People's Party councillor Jose Luis Ruiz Casado is shot dead in [[Sant Adrià del Besòs]], Barcelona.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *October 7: Police safely explode a bomb placed under the car of a Spanish officer in Seville.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *October 8: Police safely explode another bomb placed under the car of a Spanish officer in Seville.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *October 9: Police defuse a bomb placed inside the car of a Spanish officer in Seville. That same day, judge Luis Portero is shot dead in [[Granada]].<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *October 16: Military doctor Antonio Muñoz Cariñanos is shot dead in his office in Seville.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *October 21: Police safely defuse a bomb attached to the car of Juan Antonio Gallastegui, politician linked to [[Electronic Arts]].<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *October 22: A car bomb explodes in Vitoria, killing [[Corrections officer|prison official]] Máximo Casado Carrera. Later that day, lawyer José María Muguruza Velilla received a parcel bomb at his home in San Sebastian, which was later defused by police.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *October 30: A car bomb loaded with 20 kg of explosive goes off in the center of Madrid, killing [[Supreme court|Supreme Court]] judge Francisco Querol Lombardero. 3 other people died in the explosion, including a bus driver hit by the blast. 64 other people were injured in ETA's deadliest attack in years.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *November 2: A car bomb explodes at the [[Avinguda Diagonal, Barcelona|Avinguda Diagonal]] avenue in Barcelona, injuring a security officer and a municipal officer.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *November 10: A bomb fails to go off in front of the house of two journalists, Aurora Intxausti and Juan Palomo, in San Sebastian.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *November 11: A booby trap bomb explodes outside a police barracks in San Sebastian, injuring 10 police officers.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *November 21: Former Socialist health minister [[Ernest Lluch]] is shot dead in a Barcelona car park. Earlier that day, a bomb had caused great damage to an estate agency in [[Guernica (town)|Guernica]], Biscay and grenades had been thrown at a Civil Guard barracks in Irún. One of the grenades injured a policeman and another hit a children's school. Police defused a car bomb next to the barracks.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *December 5: Police defuse a bomb placed in front of a court house in [[Eibar]], Gipuzkoa.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *December 14: A car bomb explodes in [[Viladecavalls]], Barcelona, killing People's Party councillor [[Francisco Cano Consuegra]].<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *December 18: ETA tries to kill a professor by placing a bomb inside an elevator at the [[University of the Basque Country]] in [[Lejona]], Biscay.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *December 20: A [[Guàrdia Urbana de Barcelona|municipal police]] officer is shot dead in the center of Barcelona.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *December 27: A bomb explodes in a social security office in San Sebastian. No one was injured.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *December 31: A car loaded with 160 kg of dynamite is defused by police in Seville after a warning call from ETA.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> ====2001==== *January 9: A bomb fails to explode in [[Zarautz]], [[Gipuzkoa]] when [[People's Party (Spain)|Partido Popular]] members were paying tribute to a councillor killed by ETA.<ref name="mir_january_2001"> {{cite web |title=Cronología del Ministerio del Interior – ENERO 2001 |work=MIR |language=es|trans-title=Timeline of the Ministry of the Interior - JANUARY 2001 |url=http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2001/enero.htm |access-date=2009-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313001442/http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2001/enero.htm |archive-date=2008-03-13 }} </ref> *January 10: Two {{convert|6|kg|lb|adj=on|abbr=on}} [[backpack]] bombs explode in the city of [[Girona]]. No one was injured but there was great damage to a government building.<ref name="mir_january_2001"/> *January 15: A small bomb goes off outside an Ertzaintza-related union office in [[Bilbao]].<ref name="mir_january_2001"/> *January 20: Two homemade bombs explode outside the houses of two [[Ertzaintza]] officers in Bilbao. No one was injured.<ref name="mir_january_2001"/> *January 22: Civil Guard officers deactivate a massive car bomb placed by ETA in [[Getxo]], [[Biscay]].<ref name="mir_january_2001"/> *January 24: Police defuse a bomb placed by ETA under the car of a Spanish army worker in [[Zizur Mayor]], Navarre.<ref name="mir_january_2001"/> *January 26: A car bomb in a suburb of San Sebastian kills a navy cook and injures two people.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *January 31: Two Civil Guards escape death after a bomb targeted at them explodes in [[Pasaia]], Gipuzkoa. No one was injured.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *February 3: A post office in San Sebastián is destroyed by the throwing of dozens of molotov cocktails.<ref name="mir_february_2001"> {{cite web |title=Cronología del Ministerio del Interior – FEBRERO 2001 |work=MIR |language=es|trans-title=Timeline of the Ministry of the Interior - FEBRUARY 2001 |url=http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2001/febrero.htm |access-date=2009-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313001447/http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2001/febrero.htm |archive-date=2008-03-13 }} </ref> *February 12: A car bomb loaded with {{convert|40|kg|lb|abbr=on}} of dynamite fails to explode in Madrid. According to Spanish press, the attack was targeted at an important almirant of the Spanish army.<ref name="mir_february_2001"/> *February 18: The son and wife of a Socialist councillor in Getxo, Biscay are slightly injured after molotov cocktails are thrown at their house.<ref name="mir_february_2001"/> [[File:ARRO patrulla de peu.jpg|thumb|165px|right|The March 17 car bomb was the first and last time that ETA killed a Catalan policeman]] *February 22: Two commuting electrical workers are killed by a car bomb explosion in San Sebastián. The blast seriously injured the supposed target, a Socialist town councillor. Three other people were also injured. That same day, the suspected head of the ETA commandos, Txapote, was arrested in France.<ref name="mir_february_2001"/> *February 23: Three bombs explode inside a local youth office in the town of [[Zumarraga, Spain|Zumárraga]], Gipuzkoa. The devices caused minor damage to the building.<ref name="mir_february_2001"/> *February 28: Police deactivate a bomb in [[Cintruénigo]], [[Navarre]]. The same day, a bomb explodes inside a post office in Hernani, Gipuzkoa. No one was injured.<ref name="mir_february_2001"/> *March 9: ETA members stole more than 1.6 tons of explosives and 20,000 detonators from a warehouse in the French city of [[Grenoble]], [[Isère]].<ref name="mir_march_2001">{{cite web |title = Cronología del Ministerio del Interior – MARZO 2001 |work = MIR|language=es|trans-title=Timeline of the Ministry of the Interior - MARCH 2001 |url = http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2001/marzo.htm |access-date = 2009-08-22 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090121145019/http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2001/marzo.htm |archive-date = 2009-01-21 }}</ref> *March 10: A car bomb kills an Ertzaintza officer in Hernani. Hours later, a bomb went off at a post office in Beasain, Gipuzkoa. No one was injured.<ref name="mir_march_2001"/> *March 17: A car bomb in front of a hotel in [[Roses, Girona|Roses]], Girona kills a [[Mossos d'Esquadra]] police officer. 3 other people were injured.<ref name="mir_march_2001"/> *March 18: Police safely detonate a car bomb in [[Gandia]], [[Province of Valencia|Valencia]]. The blast caused great damage to a nearby hotel.<ref name="mir_march_2001"/> *March 20: ETA gunmen kill the deputy mayor of [[Lasarte-Oria]], Gipuzkoa and member of the Socialist party Froilán Elespe Inciarte.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *March 28: Two bombs are detonated on the steps of [[Tolosa, Spain|Tolosa]] and [[Azpeitia]] court houses, both in Gipuzkoa. No one was injured.<ref name="mir_march_2001"/> *April 1: A homemade bomb explodes in the court house of [[Abadiño]], Biscay. No one was injured.<ref name="mir_april_2001"> {{cite web |title=Cronología del Ministerio del Interior – ABRIL 2001 |work=MIR |language=es|trans-title=Timeline of the Ministry of the Interior - APRIL 2001 |url=http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2001/abril.htm |access-date=2009-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313001427/http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2001/abril.htm |archive-date=2008-03-13 }} </ref> *April 15: A bomb explodes at the house of a [[UPN]] councillor of [[Villava]], Navarre. No one was injured.<ref name="mir_april_2001"/> *April 21: A {{convert|4|kg|lb|adj=on|abbr=on}} bomb explodes in front of the house of two Partido Popular councillors for the towns of [[Hondarribia]] and [[Irun]], both in Gipuzkoa.<ref name="mir_april_2001"/> *May 2: Ertzaina safely detonates a bomb found in an industrial park in [[Urnieta]], Gipuzkoa.<ref name="mir_may_2001"> {{cite web |title=Cronología del Ministerio del Interior – MAYO 2001 |work=MIR |language=es|trans-title=Timeline of the Ministry of the Interior - MAY 2001 |url=http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2001/mayo.htm |access-date=2009-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313001503/http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2001/mayo.htm |archive-date=2008-03-13 }} </ref> *May 6: Senior Popular Party member Manuel Jimenez Abad is shot dead in [[Zaragoza]].<ref name="mir_may_2001"/> *May 12: A car bomb explodes in front of a bank headquarters in Madrid, injuring 13 people. The blast caused great damage to the area.<ref name="mir_may_2001"/> *May 15: A journalist is injured after opening a letter bomb sent to his home in Zarautz, Gipuzkoa.<ref name="mir_may_2001"/> *May 19: A bomb exploded at the house of a Socialist party member in Vitoria. No one was injured.<ref name="mir_may_2001"/> *May 23: Police defuse a bomb placed under the car of a security guard of the University of the Basque Country.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *May 24: Santiago Oleaga Elejabarrieta, the officer of newspaper ''El Diario Vasco'' is shot dead in San Sebastián.<ref name="mir_may_2001"/> *June 3: At least fifty hooded people in [[Bergara]] place homemade bombs, flaming bombs and throwing rockets and molotov cocktails. No one was injured.<ref name="mir_june_2001">{{cite web |title = Cronología del Ministerio del Interior – JUNIO 2001 |work = MIR|language=es|trans-title=Timeline of the Ministry of the Interior - JUNE 2001 |url = http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2001/junio.htm |access-date = 2009-08-26 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080617104045/http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2001/junio.htm |archive-date = 2008-06-17 }}</ref> *June 7: A small bomb explodes near a [[Peugeot]] car dealership in San Sebastian.<ref name="mir_june_2001"/> *June 10: A car bomb loaded with 40 kg of dynamite goes off in [[Logroño]], injuring two people and causing great damage.<ref name="mir_june_2001"/> *June 16: Ertzaina police officers defuse a bomb placed in a Socialist party office in [[Elgoibar]], Gipuzkoa.<ref name="mir_june_2001"/> *June 21: A powerful car bomb explodes in front of a bank headquarters in San Sebastian, following a warning call from ETA. The explosion heavily damaged the building, but caused no injuries.<ref name="mir_june_2001"/> *June 28: A parcel [[Bicycle bomb|bomb placed on a bicycle]] explodes in Madrid, injuring at least 10 people, including a retired general who died one month later.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *July 10: A {{convert|40|kg|lb|adj=on|abbr=on}} car bomb explodes in the center of Madrid, killing a police officer and injuring 12 people.<ref name="mir_july_2001"> {{cite web |title=Cronología del Ministerio del Interior – JULIO 2001 |work=MIR |language=es|trans-title=Timeline of the Ministry of the Interior - JULY 2001 |url=http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2001/julio.htm |access-date=2009-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313001457/http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2001/julio.htm |archive-date=2008-03-13 }} </ref> * July 14: A van bomb explodes in Leiza, Navarre, killing [[Navarrese People's Union]] councillor Jose Javier Múgica. Hours later, an Ertzaintza officer is shot dead in [[Leaburu]].<ref name="mir_july_2001"/> *July 24: An ETA militant accidentally blows herself up in [[Torrevieja]], [[Alicante]]. The blast injured seven people.<ref name="mir_july_2001"/> *July 26: Police defuse a car bomb with {{convert|53|kg|lb}} of explosive at the airport of [[Málaga]].<ref name="mir_july_2001"/> *July 27: A powerful homemade bomb explodes in front of the house of a senior Spanish lieutenant in Vitoria. No one was injured.<ref name="mir_july_2001"/> *August 3: A small bomb explodes on a railway track in La Roda, [[Albacete]]. No one was injured.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *August 5: Two Ertzaintza officers are injured in [[Portugalete]] after being attacked with Molotov cocktails and stones.<ref name="mir_august_2001"> {{cite web |title=Cronología del Ministerio del Interior – AGOSTO 2001 |work=MIR |language=es|trans-title=Timeline of the Ministry of the Interior - AUGUST 2001 |url=http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2001/agosto.htm |access-date=2009-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313001432/http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2001/agosto.htm |archive-date=2008-03-13 }} </ref> *August 15: Two dynamite bombs explode on a high-speed railway track in [[Ciudad Real]]. That same day, a homemade bomb exploded in front of an Ertzaintza officer house in San Sebastián.<ref name="mir_august_2001"/> *August 16: Police defused two bombs placed in front of a bank headquarters in San Sebastian.<ref name="mir_august_2001"/> *August 18: A massive car bomb explodes near a hotel in [[Salou]], [[Tarragona]]. No one was injured.<ref name="mir_august_2001"/> *August 27: A car bomb loaded with {{convert|50|kg|lb}} of explosive goes off on the second floor of Terminal 2 [[Madrid-Barajas Airport]] car park, causing only material damage.<ref name="mir_august_2001"/> *September 2: A home-made bomb explodes in an electronics store owned by an officer of the [[Ertzaintza]] in Vitoria. No one was injured. *September 18: A bomb explodes in front of a social security office in San Sebastian. No one was injured.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *September 28: A {{convert|30|kg|lb|adj=on|abbr=on}} bomb explodes inside a discothèque in Lacunza, Navarre. No one was injured, after a warning call from ETA.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *October 1: A car bomb loaded with 40 kg of explosive goes off in front of a court house in Vitoria, injuring one person.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *October 12: A car bomb explodes in Madrid, injuring 12 people. The bomb, which exploded at night, was supposed to go off during a [[Fiesta Nacional de España|military parade]] that morning.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *November 6: A car bomb explodes loaded with {{convert|25|kg|lb|abbr=on}} of explosive goes off in Madrid, injuring 100 people. The bomb was targeted at Juan Junquera, secretary general of the Spain's scientific police, who was only slightly injured. The blast also caused great damage around the area.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *November 7: Judge Jose Maria Lidón Corbi is shot dead in Getxo.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *November 20: Two Ertzaintza officers are injured as they tried to remove a booby-trapped banner with a pro-ETA slogan in Bilbao.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *November 23: Two Ertzaintza officers are shot dead in [[Beasain]], Gipuzkoa.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *December 1: Two bombs explode in industrial parks of [[Arrankudiaga]] and Amorebieta, both in Biscay.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *December 28: A {{convert|5|kg|lb|adj=on|abbr=on}} bomb explodes in front of a telecommunications provider building in Arrigorriaga, Biscay. No one was injured.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> ====2002==== [[File:Beiro Montes plaques.JPG|thumb|A plaque to Beiro Montes.]] * January 12: ETA sets off a car bomb carried with 15–20 kg of explosive in a [[Shopping]] mall in [[Bilbao]] which caused no injured but great damage. The organization made a warning call to newspaper Gara just 15 minutes before the blast. Later that day, a bomb exploded in a house owned by an Ertzainta in the neighborhood of Añorga, San Sebastian without causing any injuries. * August 4: Car bomb explodes outside the Civil Guard's casa cuartel in [[Santa Pola]] and kills two people, a six-year-old girl and a 54-year-old man, and injuring 40 people. * August 9: The [[2002 Torrevieja bombing]]. ETA placed an explosive in the toilets of a hamburger restaurant, located a few meters from a tourist office, the [[Alicante]] town of [[Torrevieja]]. No one died or was injured, although it caused serious material damage.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.diariodeleon.es/noticias/espana/bomba-hace-explosion-hamburgueseria-torrevieja_35200.html |title=Una bomba hace explosión en una hamburguesería de Torrevieja |date=August 10, 2002 |access-date=May 4, 2018 |periodical=Diario de León |language=es}}</ref> * September 24: bomb planted at the Civil Guard post on Navarrese-Gipuzkoan border near Berasategi kills Juan Carlos Beiro Montes, head of the Leitza Guardia Civil unit. ====2003==== *February 8: A senior police officer is shot dead in the town of [[Andoain]], Gipuzkoa.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *February 18: A 6 kg bomb placed in front of an Ertzaintza police officer house in [[Murueta]], Biscay is defused by police.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *May 30: A car bomb explodes in [[Sangüesa]], Navarre, killing two police officers and injuring 2 people.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *June 14: A car bomb loaded with 30 kg of explosive is defused by police in Bilbao.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *June 19: A 5 kg bomb explodes in a power transmitter in [[Iurreta]], Biscay. No one was injured.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *June 23: A powerful bomb explodes in a hotel in Getxo, Biscay after a warning call from ETA. No one was injured, but the hotel was heavily damaged.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *July 1: A car bomb loaded with 15 kg of explosive is defused by police in Bilbao. The attack was a failed attempt to kill police officers with booby traps.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *July 6: A bomb goes off in front of a transportation company in [[Bedia, Spain|Bedia]], Biscay. No one was injured.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *July 13: Police defuse a bomb placed by ETA inside a hotel in Pamplona.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *July 22: Two bombs explode in hotels in the cities of [[Alicante]] and [[Benidorm]], injuring 13 people, among them police officers and foreign tourists.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *July 24: A bomb goes off in front of a court house in [[Estella-Lizarra|Estella]], Navarre. 1 person was injured.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *July 27: A car bomb exploded in a parking lot at [[Santander Airport]]. No one was injured after a warning call from ETA.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *July 31: A 5 kg bomb placed in front of a transportation company in [[Azkoitia]], Gipuzkoa is defused by police. Hours later, a bomb explodes in a car dealership in [[Lejona]], Biscay. No one was injured.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *August 14: Police defuse a 20 kg rucksack bomb in [[Briviesca]], [[Province of Burgos|Burgos]]. A passer-by had spotted a suspicious package and called police.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *September 14: ETA members ambush two Ertzaintza police officers in an [[Álava]] road after faking a car accident. An ETA member died during a shootout with the officers.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *October 12: Two bombs explode in Irun, Gipuzkoa causing great damage but no injuries.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *October 18: An army barracks in Aizoáin, Navarre is hit by two grenades. None of them exploded.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *December 23: A small bomb placed under a railway track in Zaragoza explodes, causing minor damage to a train.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *December 24: ETA attempts to blow 50 kg of explosives inside Madrid's busy [[Chamartín Station]] on [[Christmas Eve]]. Police thwarted the attempt when they stopped an ETA member trying to load 28 kg of explosives into a Madrid-bound train in [[San Sebastián]]. Another bomb with over 20 kg of explosives was then found inside a second train passing near [[Burgos]], on its way to Madrid.<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> *December 26: Police defuse a 2 kg bomb placed by ETA under a railway track in [[Samper de Calanda]], [[Teruel]].<ref name="eta_attacks_correo"/> ====2004==== [[File:Faro llanes asturias.jpg|thumb|right|ETA usually attacked the north of Spain with small bombs during its summer campaigns. In the picture, Llanes.]] *August 7: Two small bombs planted by ETA explode in [[San Vicente de la Barquera]] ([[Cantabria]]) and [[Ribadesella]] ([[Asturias]]). No one was injured.<ref> {{cite web | title = ETA hace estallar dos bombas de escasa potencia en Cantabria y Asturias sin causar heridos | work = El Mundo | url = http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2004/08/07/espana/1091878098.html | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-24 }} </ref> *August 12: Two bombs exploded in the cities of [[Gijón]] and [[Santander, Cantabria|Santander]], injuring one person.<ref> {{cite web | title = Dos artefactos de baja potencia de ETA estallan en Gijón y Santander | work = El Mundo | url = http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2004/08/12/espana/1092328780.html | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-24 }} </ref> *August 15: A small bomb goes off in [[Llanes]] (Asturias) without causing injuries.<ref> {{cite web | title = ETA prosigue con su campaña de verano colocando en el puerto de Llanes un quinto artefacto | work = El Mundo | url = http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2004/08/15/espana/1092571142.html | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-24 }} </ref> *August 21: Two ETA bombs go off in the towns of [[Sanxenxo]] and [[Baiona, Pontevedra|Baiona]] (Galicia), injuring three people.<ref> {{cite news | title = Tres heridos leves al estallar en Sanxenxo y Baiona dos bombas de escasa potencia | work = El País | date = 21 August 2004 | url = http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/heridos/leves/estallar/Sanxenxo/Baiona/bombas/escasa/potencia/elpepiesp/20040822elpepinac_6/Tes?print=1 | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-24 | last1 = Posada-Curros | first1 = Maite }} </ref> *August 28: ETA plants two bombs in the Galician cities of [[Santiago de Compostela]] and [[A Coruña]]. The second bomb failed to explode.<ref> {{cite web | title = ETA prosigue su campaña de verano con dos bombas en Galicia | work = El Mundo | url = http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2004/08/28/espana/1093689807.html | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-24 }} </ref> *September 15: A small bomb planted by ETA goes off in an electricity substation in the town of Irún. No one was injured.<ref> {{cite web | title = ETA hace estallar varios artefactos colocados en una torreta en Irún | work = El Mundo | url = http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2004/09/15/espana/1095237028.html | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-24 }} </ref> *September 27: ETA militants send a videotape to ''Gara'', a Basque newspaper based in [[Gipuzkoa]], in which the militants state that ETA would continue to fight for Basque self-determination and that ETA would "respond with arms against those who deny us through the force of arms." This videotape represented ETA's first major public statement since the 11 March [[Madrid train bombings]]. * December 3: ETA had bombs in 5 [[petrol station]]s in the Madrid area. Due to a telephoned warning, the areas were evacuated and no one was injured. * December 6: On Spanish [[Spanish Constitution of 1978|Constitution Day]], ETA detonated seven bombs in bars, cafes and town squares across Spain. * December 12: The [[Real Madrid]] [[Santiago Bernabéu stadium]] football Stadium was evacuated due to a phone-in bomb threat on behalf of ETA. The bomb—expected to blow up at 9:00 p.m.—does not explode, and the 69,000 spectators of the match are safely evacuated by the Spanish Police at 8:45 p.m. ====2005==== * February 9: ETA exploded a car with 30 kg of chlorate. The car was placed to the side of the building of Steria Iberica and Bull España, in [[Madrid]]. The blast resulted in 42 people with minor injuries. * February 27: A small bomb exploded at a resort hotel in [[Villajoyosa]] after a telephoned warning. The building was evacuated and no one was injured. The explosion damaged only a small house near the residence's swimming pool. * September 24: ETA suspected of a car bomb attack in the northern Spanish province of Avila. {{Citation needed|date=May 2008}} * November 19: ETA claimed responsibility for attacks on five business in the Basque region for "refusing to provide financial aid for Basque Freedom." Businesses affected by the bombings were La Rioja Alta SL Distributor of Haro, [[Beistegui Hermanos]], El Coto de Rioja, Transport Azkar, and Angulas Anuinaga. No injuries were reported.<ref>{{cite web|title=ETA se jacta de que el atentado contra la discoteca Bordatxo fue contra un "confidente" de las fuerzas armadas|date=28 December 2005|url=http://www.libertaddigital.com/nacional/eta-se-jacta-de-que-el-atentado-contra-la-discoteca-bordatxo-fue-contra-un-confidente-de-las-fuerzas-armadas-1276268505/|publisher=www.libertaddigital.com|access-date=5 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BH factory blasted by terrorist bomb|date=21 November 2005|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bh-factory-blasted-by-terrorist-bomb|publisher=www.cyclingnews.com|access-date=5 May 2014}}</ref> * December 6: On Spanish Constitution Day, ETA detonated five bombs along [[Madrid]] highways. No injuries were reported. Also, in northern Spain, [[Santander, Spain|Santander]] Airport was closed following a threat of an attack using grenade launchers. * December 18: ETA detonated a bomb inside an eel cannery in [[Irura]], [[Gipuzkoa]]. No injuries were reported although the cannery suffered extensive damage. The police reports that the bombing is part of an extensive extortion campaign of ETA to Basque business owners. * December 21: ETA detonated a bomb inside a van in the back alley of a nightclub in [[Doneztebe|Santesteban]], [[Navarre]]. No injuries were reported. The nightclub suffered extensive structural damages and some buildings around it suffered damages too. ====2006==== [[Image:Atentado ETA Barajas.jpg|thumb|185px|Madrid Barajas Airport [[2006 Madrid Barajas International Airport bombing|Bombing]]]] *January 5: Two small 6 kg bombs exploded at a hotel in the village of [[Sos del Rey Católico]], [[Zaragoza]] causing only minor damage and no injuries.<ref>{{cite news | title = Estallan dos artefactos sin dejar víctimas junto al parador zaragozano de Sos del Rey Católico | url = http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/79478/0/sos/eta/parador/ | work = 20 minutos | date = January 5, 2006 | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-23}}</ref> *January 7: A small bomb planted by ETA goes off in an electricity substation in the town of [[Borau]], [[Huesca]]. No one was injured.<ref>{{cite news | title = Hallado un artefacto explosionado por ETA en Huesca | url = http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Hallado/artefacto/explosionado/ETA/Huesca/elpepiesp/20060108elpepinac_9/Tes | work = El País | date = January 7, 2006 | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-23}}</ref> *January 22: A bomb explodes in a party office owned by [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] (PSOE) in the town of Nanclares de la Oca, causing damage only to the building.<ref name=mir_january_2006>{{cite news |title=Ministerio de Interior – January 2006 |url=http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2006/01/ |work=Ministerio del Interior |date=January 2006 |language=es |access-date=2010-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220222127/http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2006/01/ |archive-date=2009-12-20 }}</ref> *January 26: ETA detonates a 10 kg bomb beside the court of justice of [[Balmaseda]] and another 5 kg one in the premises of Correos postal service in [[Etxebarri]], both in [[Biscay]], causing material damages and no personal injuries.<ref name=mir_january_2006/> *January 29: A rucksack packed with explosives next to a job centre in Santutxu, Bilbao went off. One policeman was injured in the attack.<ref name=mir_january_2006/> *February 1: After a warning call from ETA, a bomb goes off in a postal office in [[Etxebarri]] (Biscay).<ref name="mir_february_2006"> {{cite web |title=Spanish attacks – February 2006 |work=Ministerio del Interior |url=http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2006/02/ |access-date=2010-09-23 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721040707/http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2006/02/ |archive-date=2011-07-21 }} </ref> *February 14: A car bomb loaded with 40 kg of explosive went off at a discothèque in [[Urdax]], Navarre, causing damage but no injuries as police had cleared the area after a warning call from ETA.<ref name="mir_february_2006"/> *February 16: A bomb explodes in an industrial area in [[Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran|Trapagaran]], Biscay, after a warning call from ETA. No one was injured in the attack.<ref name="mir_february_2006"/> *February 22: A bomb explodes in an industrial park near Bilbao. The bomb caused damage to many buildings.<ref name="mir_february_2006"/> *February 26: Two people are injured when a bomb exploded in a bank cash machine in the city of [[Vitoria-Gasteiz|Vitoria]].<ref name="mir_february_2006"/> *February 27: A bomb placed exploded at a courthouse in town of [[Mungia]], Biscay. A passer-by spotted a suspicious package and called police. The bomb exploded before they were able to clear off the area and injured one policeman.<ref name="mir_february_2006"/> *February 28: A bomb exploded outside a labour ministry building in the town of [[Mutriku]], Gipuzkoa. No one was injured.<ref name="mir_february_2006"/> *March 7: ETA detonated a bomb outside the offices of the fascist Spanish [[FET y de las JONS|Falange]] organisation in [[Santoña]], [[Cantabria]]. One man was injured. That same day two bombs exploded in two banks in .[[Plentzia]]. No one was injured.<ref name="mir_march_2006"> {{cite web |title=Spanish attacks – March 2006 |work=MIR |url=http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2006/03/ |access-date=2010-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721040743/http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2006/03/ |archive-date=2011-07-21 }} </ref> *March 5: Following the February deaths of two ETA members Igor Miguel Angulo Iturrate, aged 32, (due to an apparent suicide by hanging) and Ricardo Sainz Olmos, aged 41, (as a result of an apparent heart attack), [[Batasuna]] together with the union [[Langile Abertzaleen Batzordeak]] call a day of protest and [[general strike]] in the Basque Country on March 9. On the morning of the strike, ETA detonates several bombs near highways, causing no injuries.<ref name="mir_march_2006"/> *March 22: ETA declares a "permanent ceasefire" that started on 24 March 2006 at 00:00 (23:00GMT).<ref name="mir_march_2006"/> *December 30: A [[2006 Madrid Barajas International Airport bombing|van bomb]] containing 500 to 800 kilograms explodes at terminal T4 of [[Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport|Madrid-Barajas Airport]]. Two [[Ecuadorian people|Ecuadorian]] immigrants (Diego Armando Estacio Civizapa and Carlos Alonso Palate), who were napping inside their cars in the parking garage were killed, and 26 others were injured. The low casualties were due to police intervention.<ref> {{cite web | title = Los técnicos de la Comunidad de Madrid elevan a entre 500 y 800 kilos la carga explosiva | work = El Mundo | url = http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/12/31/espana/1167563742.html | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-23 }} </ref> *March 5: One civilian was kidnapped in armed attack by ETA near [[Saint-Jean-de-Luz]], in the Basque province of [[Labourd]] (Lapurdi), France. On December 30, the victim was released by his captors.<ref> {{cite web |title = 1 civilian kidnapped in armed attack by ETA near Luz, Midi-Pyrénées, France |work = [[Worldwide Incidents Tracking System|WITS]] |url = https://wits.nctc.gov/FederalDiscoverWITS/index.do?Rcv=Incident&R=129177&nav=Rd%3DGroupType%257C4294936482%257CSecular%252FPolitical%252FAnarchist%26Rcv%3DIncident%26Ns%3Dp_IncidentDate%7C1%26N%3D0%26No%3D0%26Ntt%3DFrance%257CETA%257CETA%257CETA%26Ntk%3DAll%7CAll%7CAll%7CAll%26Ntx%3Dmode%2520matchallpartial%7Cmode%2520matchallpartial%7Cmode%2520matchallpartial%7Cmode%2520matchallpartial&hterms=France+ETA+ETA+ETA |access-date = 2011-05-25 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} </ref> ====2007==== * June 5: ETA announces that the ceasefire is over.<ref> {{cite news | title = ETA to end ceasefire at midnight | work = Guardian | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/05/spain.gilestremlett | access-date = 2009-09-25 | location=London | first=Giles | last=Tremlett | date=June 5, 2007 }}</ref> *July 25: Two small bombs explode along the [[Tour de France]] route in just outside the small town of Belagua, [[Navarre]],Spain. No one was injured.<ref> {{cite news | title = Small blasts on Tour de France after ETA threat | work = Reuters | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL2585261220070725 | access-date = 2009-09-25 | date=July 25, 2007 }} </ref> *August 24: A van bomb explodes in front of Civil Guard's cuartel in [[Durango, Biscay|Durango]], Biscay, injuring 2 Civil Guard officers.<ref name="attacks_2007">{{cite web | title = Atentados en 2007 | work = El Mundo | url = http://www.elmundo.es/eta/atentados/2007.html | language = es | access-date = 2009-09-25 }} </ref> *August 24: Three civilians including one child were kidnapped by suspected ETA militants in the tourist town of [[Messanges, Landes|Messanges]] in the [[Landes (department)|Landes]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] in south-western [[France]].<ref>{{cite web |title = child, 2 civilians kidnapped by suspected ETA in Messanges, Aquitaine, France |work = [[Worldwide Incidents Tracking System|WITS]] |url = https://wits.nctc.gov/FederalDiscoverWITS/index.do?Rcv=Incident&R=166491&nav=Ntx%3Dmode%2520matchallpartial%26Rd%3DGroupType%257C4294936482%257CSecular%252FPolitical%252FAnarchist%26Rcv%3DIncident%26Ntk%3DAll%26Ns%3Dp_IncidentDate%7C1%26N%3D0%26No%3D75%26Ntt%3DFrance&hterms=France |access-date = 2011-05-25}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *August 25: A van bomb explodes in an olive grove in [[Province of Castellón|Castellón]]. No one was injured. The van was supposed to be used for an attack in Valencia.<ref name="attacks_2007"/> *September 2: A small bomb explodes in [[Fuenmayor]], [[La Rioja (Spain)|La Rioja]]. No one was injured.<ref name="attacks_2007"/> *September 11: A massive car bomb fails to go off outside regional Defense ministry in [[Logroño]].<ref name="attacks_2007"/> *September 24: A 5 kg bomb explodes in front of an Ertzaintza police station in [[Zarautz]], Gipuzkoa. No one was injured.<ref name="attacks_2007"/> *October 9: A car bomb explodes in the La Pena area of [[Bilbao]], injuring one.<ref name="attacks_2007"/> *December 1: Two Civil Guards are shot dead in the French town of [[Capbreton]], [[Aquitaine]].<ref name="attacks_2007"/> *December 24: A bomb explodes in front of a Socialist party office in [[Balmaseda, Biscay]]. No one was injured.<ref name="attacks_2007"/> ====2008==== *February 8: Two backpack bombs each loaded with 15 kg of explosive go off in front of a courthouse in [[Bergara]], Gipuzkoa.<ref name="attacks_2008_20minutos"> {{cite web | title = Atentados de ETA en el año 2008 | work = 20minutos | date = 3 December 2008 | url = http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/433943/0/atentados/eta/2008/ | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-24 }} </ref> *February 23: Following a warning call an 8 kg bomb explodes in a TV transmitter station on the outskirts of Bilbao. Another bomb was hidden in the area, targeted at policemen.<ref> {{cite web | title = Terrorists target TV transmitter station again | work = ThinkSpain | url = http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/15851/terrorists-target-tv-transmitter-station-again | access-date = 2010-09-24 }} </ref><ref> {{cite news | title = ETA falla al intentar matar a artificieros de la Ertzaintza | work = El País | date = 23 February 2008 | url = http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/ETA/falla/intentar/matar/artificieros/Ertzaintza/elpepiesp/20080224elpepinac_20/Tes | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-24 | last1 = Bidaurrazaga | first1 = Aitor Guenaga }} </ref> *February 29: A bomb explodes in a Socialist party office in the town of [[Derio]], Biscay. No one was injured.<ref name="attacks_2008_20minutos"/> *March 7: An ETA gunman kills [[Isaías Carrasco]], former town councillor for [[Mondragón]], Gipuzkoa two days before the [[Spanish general election, 2008|General Elections]].<ref> {{cite news | title = Isaias Carrasco killing unites Spain in anger | work = Telegraph | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1581066/Isaias-Carrasco-killing-unites-Spain-in-anger.html | access-date = 2010-09-24 | location=London | first=Fiona | last=Govan | date=March 7, 2008 }} </ref> *March 21: A car bomb explodes outside a Civil Guard barracks in [[Calahorra]], [[La Rioja (Spain)|Rioja]], injuring one policeman lightly and causing extensive property damage.<ref> {{cite news | title = Blast hits Spanish police station | work = Telegraph | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7308640.stm | access-date = 2010-09-24 | date=March 21, 2008 }} </ref> *March 30: Two small bombs exploded near [[Azpeitia]], Gipuzkoa with minor damage near a television transmitter. No one was injured.<ref> {{cite web |title=Two minor ETA explosions in the Basque Country |work=Typically Spanish |url=http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_15822.shtml |access-date=2010-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301184528/http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_15822.shtml |archive-date=2012-03-01 }} </ref> *April 12: A small bomb explodes in a television transmitter in [[Lapoblación]], Navarre. No one was injured.<ref name="attacks_2008_20minutos"/> *April 17: A powerful bomb explodes outside the office of Spanish Socialist party in [[Bilbao]], causing serious damage to the building and injuries to 7 Ertzaintza officers.<ref> {{cite web | title = Siete ertzainas heridos leves al estallar una bomba de ETA en Bilbao | work = El Mundo | url = http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/04/17/espana/1208405758.html | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-24 }} </ref> *April 19: A bomb explodes in front of an office of the Socialist party in [[Elgoibar]], Gipuzkoa. No one was injured in the attack, which caused great damage to the building.<ref name="attacks_2008_20minutos"/> *May 1: On the [[International Workers' Day]], three bombs explode in labour institutions offices in San Sebastian and Arrigorriaga, Biscay.<ref name="attacks_2008_20minutos"/> *May 12: Two small bombs damage construction equipment in a construction site in Hernani, Gipuzkoa for the region's new [[Basque Y]] [[High-speed rail|high-speed train]] network.<ref> {{cite web | title = ETA claim Basque AVE construction site attack | work = ThinkSpain | url = http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/14933/eta-claim-basque-ave-construction-site-attack | access-date = 2010-09-24 }} </ref> *May 14: A van bomb explodes in a Civil Guard barracks in [[Legutiano]], Álava, killing one policeman and injuring 4.<ref name="attacks_2008_20minutos"/> *May 19: A [[2008 Getxo bombing|car bomb]] explodes in [[Getxo]], Biscay. A boat club suffered great damage, but no one was injured after a warning call from ETA.<ref name="attacks_2008_20minutos"/> *June 1: A powerful bomb explodes in the headquarters of a construction company in [[Zarautz]], Gipuzkoa. Two people were slightly injured.<ref name="attacks_2008_20minutos"/> *June 8: A 5 kg bomb explodes at the presses of newspaper [[El Correo]] in [[Zamudio]], Biscay. There was no warning call, but no one was injured.<ref name="attacks_2008_20minutos"/> *July 4: A bomb explodes in a television transmitter in Urdingain, Álava. No one was injured.<ref>{{cite web |title = Cronología del Ministerio del Interior – Julio 2004 |work = Ministerio del Interior |url = http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2008/07/ |access-date = 2010-09-24 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721040826/http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2008/07/ |archive-date = 2011-07-21 }}</ref> *July 20: Five small bombs exploded in the seaside towns of [[Laredo, Cantabria|Laredo]] and [[Noja]] in [[Cantabria]]. One person was injured. Earlier that day, a bomb exploded in a bank office in [[Getxo]], Biscay. No one was injured.<ref> {{cite news | title = Five Eta bombs start summer terror season | work = Telegraph | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/2437910/Five-Eta-bombs-start-summer-terror-season.html | access-date = 2010-09-24 | location=London | first=Fiona | last=Govan | date=July 21, 2008 }} </ref> *July 28: A small bomb explodes at a highway building site in [[Orio, Spain|Orio]], Gipuzkoa. No one was injured.<ref> {{cite web | title = ETA bomb blast at roadworks site | work = RTE.ie | date = 28 July 2008 | url = http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0728/eta.html | access-date = 2010-09-24 }} </ref> *July 29: A bomb goes off in the beach resort of [[Torremolinos]], [[Province of Málaga|Málaga]]. No one was injured.<ref> {{cite web | title = ETA bomb attack in Torremolinos | work = Nerja News | date = 29 July 2008 | url = http://www.nerjatoday.com/nerjanews/2008/07/29/eta-bomb-attack-in-torremolinos/ | access-date = 2010-09-24 }} </ref> *August 17: Two small bombs explode in the beach resorts of Guadalmar and [[Benalmádena]], both in [[Province of Málaga|Málaga]]. A third bomb, placed under a bridge, was defused by police. No one was injured.<ref> {{cite news | title = ETA blamed as bombs explode on Spain's southern coast | work = [[New York Times]] | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/world/europe/17iht-basque.4.15367649.html | access-date = 2010-09-24 | date=August 17, 2008 }} </ref> *September 21: A car bomb explodes next to a bank headquarters in Vitoria. No one was injured. Hours later, another car bomb exploded in front of an Ertzaintza station in [[Ondarroa]], injuring 11 people.<ref name="attacks_2008_20minutos"/> *September 22: A car bomb goes off outside a military residence in [[Santoña]], Cantabria, killing a Spanish officer and injuring 7 people.<ref name="attacks_2008_20minutos"/> *October 4: A 5 kg rucksack bomb explodes in a courthouse in [[Tolosa, Spain|Tolosa]], Gipuzkoa. No one was injured in the attack, which damaged the building.<ref name="attacks_2008_20minutos"/> *October 25: A powerful bomb explodes in a train station in [[Berriz]], Biscay. Another train station in Amorebieta was also attacked that day. Police blamed the attacks on ETA related groups. No one was injured.<ref> {{cite web | title = Varios artefactos causan grandes daños en las estaciones de Berriz y Amorebieta | work = El Diario Vasco | date = 25 October 2008 | url = http://www.diariovasco.com/20081025/politica/bomba-destroza-estacion-euskotren-20081025.html | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-24 }} </ref> *October 30: A powerful car bomb explodes at the [[University of Navarra]] in [[Pamplona]], Navarre. 21 people were injured in the attack. *November 20: A bomb explodes in a television transmitter in Bilbao. No one was injured.<ref> {{cite news | title = Una bomba de ETA contra un repetidor de televisión en Bilbao causa daños cuantiosos | work = El País | date = 21 November 2008 | url = http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/bomba/ETA/repetidor/television/Bilbao/causa/danos/cuantiosos/elpepuesp/20081121elpepunac_2/Tes | language = es | access-date = 2010-09-24 }} </ref> *December 3: ETA gunmen kill businessman Ignacio Uría Mendizábal in Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa. Uría's company was working on the [[Basque Y]].<ref name="attacks_2008_20minutos"/> *December 31: A van bomb with 100 kg of explosives exploded in front of the Basque public broadcaster [[EITB]] in [[Bilbao]] following a warning call from ETA.<ref>{{cite news| title = Basque terror group Eta blamed for bomb at Bilbao TV station| work = Times Online| url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5423279.ece| access-date = 2010-09-24| location=London | first=Graham| last=Keeley| date=December 31, 2008}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> ====2009==== *January 16: A bomb went off in the early hours of the morning at a TV repeater station at [[Hernani, Spain|Hernani]], [[Gipuzkoa]]. The Basque Government reported no injuries in the blast at 1am, and that the material damage was still being evaluated. Hours later it was discovered it was a failed attempt to kill police officers with booby traps.<ref name="trap_bomb_2009"> {{cite web |title=Explosion at Basque TV repeater station |work=Typically Spanish |url=http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_19650.shtml |access-date=2009-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119053905/http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_19650.shtml |archive-date=2009-01-19 }} </ref> Two other bombs, which weighed 10 and 4 kilograms respectively, had been hidden near the access road to the booster station. Cables reaching the road would have set the explosives off had anyone stepped on them. A third bomb was also found.<ref name="trap_bomb_2009_2"> {{cite web | title = Spain probes blast in Basque country | work = IOL | url = http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=24&art_id=nw20090116124505880C550560 | access-date = 2009-02-08 }} </ref> *February 4: Police found an ETA car carried with a small amount of explosives in the Spanish city of [[Salamanca]]. Police suspect activists wanted to explode the car in order to remove their fingerprints. The find came one day after police found an arms cache in the Basque Country where agents carried out a controlled explosion on site in order to prevent a possible booby trap.<ref name="salamanca_car"> {{cite web | title = Investigan un coche con un artefacto incendiario de ETA en Salamanca | work = El Mundo | url = http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/02/04/espana/1233774803.html?a=9902c62ed8fffa82e7892d287aa26ce6&t=1233788495 | access-date = 2009-02-08 | language = es }} </ref> *February 7: [[Kale borroka]] (youth groups linked to ETA) attacks again: a bus is burnt in the Northern city of [[Amurrio]] and a small explosion destroys a train in Errentería ([[Gipuzkoa]]).<ref name="kaleborroka_1"> {{cite web |title=Los daños por el ataque contra una unidad de Euskotren en Errenteria ascienden a 600.000 euros |work=El Periodico |url=http://www.elperiodico.com/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=46&idioma=CAS&idnoticia_PK=585151&idseccio_PK=1008&h= |access-date=2009-02-08 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209063947/http://www.elperiodico.com/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=46&idioma=CAS&idnoticia_PK=585151&idseccio_PK=1008&h= |archive-date=February 9, 2009 }} </ref> *February 9: A powerful van bomb planted by ETA exploded near a trade fair complex in northeast [[Madrid]]. Local news reports said no one was killed or injured and that the [[Red Cross]] had received a warning call from ETA. The explosion of the van left a crater one metre (three feet) deep and damaged more than 30 vehicles, a police statement said.<ref name="car_bomb_madrid"> {{cite news | title = Van bomb shakes Spanish capital | work = BBC News | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7878354.stm | access-date = 2009-02-08 | date=February 9, 2009 }} </ref> It was heard throughout the district. The attack followed the decision by the [[Supreme Court of Spain|Spanish Supreme Court]] to exclude two Basque political parties ("Demokrazia Hiru Milloi" and "[[Askatasuna]]") from the [[Basque parliamentary election, 2009|regional elections]] which were held three weeks later. The two parties are said to have connections with ETA.<ref name="car_bomb_madrid_1"> {{cite web | title = Bomba de ETA en Madrid tras la sentencia del Supremo contra Askatasuna y D3M | work = El Mundo | url = http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/02/09/espana/1234166846.html | access-date = 2009-02-08 | language = es }} </ref> *February 21: A [[Basque Nationalist Party]] batzoki in Cruces/Gurutzeta, [[Barakaldo]] is damaged after a bomb exploded at 00:10 in front of the building. No injuries were reported in an attack similar to others carried out by youth groups linked to ETA. Minutes later another office in [[San Sebastián|San Sebastian]] was also attacked with a small fire.<ref name="sede_social_pnv"> {{cite web | title = Explota un artefacto en la sede social del PNV en Barakaldo sin causar heridos | work = La Verdad | date = 21 February 2009 | url = http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/20090221/espana/explota-artefacto-sede-social-200902210208.html | access-date = 2009-02-21 | language = es }} </ref><ref name="sede_social_pnv2">{{cite web |title = Un artefacto explosivo causa importantes daños en el Batzoki de Cruces |work = [[EiTB]] |url = http://www.eitb.com/noticias/politica/detalle/92289/un-artefacto-explosivo-causa-importantes-danos-batzoki-cruces/ |access-date = 2009-02-21 |language = es |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090224111259/http://www.eitb.com/noticias/politica/detalle/92289/un-artefacto-explosivo-causa-importantes-danos-batzoki-cruces |archive-date = 2009-02-24 }}</ref> *February 23: Two bombs exploded in the Basque Country in less than 24 hours. **A rucksack packed with around 10 kg worth of explosives explodes outside the [[Socialist Party of the Basque Country – Euskadiko Ezkerra|Basque Socialist Party]] headquarters in [[Lazkao]], [[Gipuzkoa]] after a warning call from ETA. The blast took place at 03:00, causing major damage to the local but no injuries were reported.<ref name="psoe_lazkao"> {{cite web | title = Bomb explodes outside Basque Socialist Party HQ: police | work = AFP | url = https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jUWZFrkaJuSYdPADEkThrt_ijHhQ | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130124214040/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jUWZFrkaJuSYdPADEkThrt_ijHhQ | archive-date = 2013-01-24 | access-date = 2009-02-23}} </ref> Two hours before some [[molotov cocktail]] were thrown at two banks in [[Tolosa, Spain|Tolosa]], Gipuzkoa.<ref name="psoe_lazkao_2"> {{cite web | title = Estalla una bomba de ETA en la sede del PSE de Lazkao, en Guipúzcoa | work = [[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] | url = http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/02/23/espana/1235358061.html | access-date = 2009-02-23 | language = es }} </ref> **Another bomb explodes in front of a batzoki in [[Gasteiz]] minutes before midnight causing minimal damage to the building. Police again blamed youth groups linked to ETA for the bomb.<ref> {{cite web | title = Estalla un artefacto en la sede del PNV de Vitoria sin causar daños importantes | work = [[20 minutos]] | url = http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/452519/0/explosion/pnv/vitoria/ | access-date = 2009-02-24|date=2009-02-24|trans-title=A homemade artifact explodes at the headquarters of the PNV in Vitoria without causing significant damage | language = es }} </ref> *March 1: Molotov cocktail attacks on a court and several banks in the town of [[Amorebieta]]. The attacks caused minor damage and no injuries.<ref> {{cite news | title = ETA shadow over Spanish elections as PM faces first poll test of recession | work = [[The Guardian|Guardian]] | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/01/spanish-elections | access-date = 2009-03-01 | location=London | first=Giles | last=Tremlett | date=March 1, 2009 }} </ref> *March 26: A bomb carried with 2 kg of explosive device is detonated in Amorebieta, Biscay suspected to be the work of ETA. The explosion caused minor damage but no fatalities or injuries. The bomb was planted on the wall that surrounds a businessman's chalet. The unidentified businessman is on a list of individuals who are "at risk" of being targeted by ETA.<ref> {{cite web | title = Explosion in Amorebieta, Biscay | work = [[Nerja Today]] | date = 26 March 2009 | url = http://www.nerjatoday.com/nerjanews/2009/03/26/explosion-in-amorebieta-vizcaya/ | access-date = 2009-03-26 }} </ref> *May 6: Two bombs at booster stations in Castro Urdiales, [[Cantabria]] caused material damage and no injuries. A nearby school had to be evacuated.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1475396.php/Two_ETA_bombs_at_Spanish_booster_stations_-_no_injuries__Roundup__ |title=Two ETA bombs at Spanish booster stations - no injuries (Roundup) - Monsters and Critics |website=www.monstersandcritics.com |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904030827/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1475396.php/Two_ETA_bombs_at_Spanish_booster_stations_-_no_injuries__Roundup__ |archive-date=4 September 2012 }}</ref> *June 19: A [[car bomb]] explodes in [[Arrigorriaga]] near [[Bilbao]], [[Biscay]], killing an officer of the [[Cuerpo Nacional de Policía (Spain)|Policía Nacional]]. Though no claims were made, it is suspected to be the handiwork of ETA. It is the first attack since lehendakari [[Patxi López]] assumed office on May 7, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jQcS8cU9kE93IVDjff5Wave-8fAQ |title=AFP: Un inspector de policía muere en un atentado con bomba atribuido a ETA |website=[[Google News]] |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124235651/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jQcS8cU9kE93IVDjff5Wave-8fAQ |archive-date=24 January 2013 }}</ref> *July 10: After the arrest of three top ETA members, a powerful bomb explodes in a [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] local office in [[Durango, Biscay|Durango]], causing extensive damage to the building and the surroundings. No one was injured or killed in the attack.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.diariodemallorca.es/secciones/noticia.jsp?pRef=2009071000_6_483065__Nacional-PSOE-condena-atentado |title=Diario de Mallorca 10 July 2009 |access-date=9 August 2009 |archive-date=22 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722150042/http://www.diariodemallorca.es/secciones/noticia.jsp?pRef=2009071000_6_483065__Nacional-PSOE-condena-atentado |url-status=dead }}</ref> *July 29: A [[2009 Burgos bombing|car bomb]] exploded outside a [[Guardia Civil]] barracks in the Northern Spanish city of [[Burgos]]. The attack injured 65 people, including women and children, and caused the collapse of the building's facade. ETA's claimed responsibility for the attack some days later, although confirmed they made several warning calls to police, something that the Spanish government denies.<ref>{{cite news | title = Car bomb injures 46 at Spain barrack, ETA blamed | work = [[Reuters]] | url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56S0R120090729 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090801165515/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56S0R120090729 | url-status = dead | archive-date = August 1, 2009 | access-date = 2009-07-29 | date=July 29, 2009 }}</ref> *July 30: A [[2009 Palma Nova bombing|car bomb]] exploded outside a [[Guardia Civil]] office in [[Calvià]], [[Majorca]], killing two members of the [[Guardia Civil]], Carlos Sáenz de Tejada and Diego Salva Lezaun. ETA was blamed for the attack and the authorities 'sealed' all entry and exit points to the island to stop the bombers' escape. Another explosive device was found under a policeman's car in the same town some hours later and deactivated by police.<ref>{{cite news | title = Two Spain police killed by new bomb blamed on ETA | work = [[Reuters]] | url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56T2VK20090730 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090801021042/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56T2VK20090730 | url-status = dead | archive-date = August 1, 2009 | access-date = 2009-07-30 | date=July 30, 2009 }}</ref> *August 9: Four bombs exploded at a bars, restaurants and shopping area in the capital of Majorca following a telephone call from ETA warning of imminent blasts in [[Palma, Majorca|Palma]]. Government sources said the blasts caused minor injuries though nobody was seriously hurt. The explosives were planted on the same day of the Calvià attack.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} *October 16: After the arrest by the Spanish government of several Basque politicians, a bus, several cars and three banks are attacked by petrol bombs in the northern cities of Bilbao and [[Ondarroa]]. The attacks were blamed on the ''kale borroka'', youth groups related to ETA.<ref>{{cite web | title = Un autobús y varios coches quemados en actos de violencia callejera en Bilbao | work = [[Agence France-Presse|AFP]] | url = https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jNosY7_YagFqH5HcEIxtbPgR1T9A| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130124195246/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jNosY7_YagFqH5HcEIxtbPgR1T9A| archive-date = 2013-01-24| access-date = 2009-10-16 }}</ref> *November 27: A bomb explodes inside a [[Metro Bilbao|Getxo metro station]]. The blast took place at 2:40am and heavily damaged the building. Minutes before a bus was attacked and destroyed in [[Markina]], Biscay. The previous day an explosive device went off in front of a local newspaper office in [[Pamplona]]. The attacks came hours after the arrest of 34 youth Basques by the Spanish police forces.<ref>{{cite web |title = Street violence in Markina getxo and Bilbao |work = [[Euskal Irrati Telebista]] |url = http://www.eitb.com/news/politic/detail/302295/street-violence-in-markina-getxo-and-bilbao/ |access-date = 2009-11-27 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110728102619/http://www.eitb.com/news/politic/detail/302295/street-violence-in-markina-getxo-and-bilbao/ |archive-date = 2011-07-28 }}</ref> ====2010==== *February 17: A small bomb goes off in front of an employment institute office in Vitoria.<ref>{{cite news |title = Ministerio del Interior |url = http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2010/02/ |work = mir.es |year = 2010 |access-date = January 6, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100329132203/http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2010/02/ |archive-date = March 29, 2010 }}</ref> *March 16: An officer of the French [[Police Nationale]] is killed in a shootout with ETA members in [[Dammarie-lès-Lys]], near Paris.<ref>{{cite news | title = ETA says France to blame for policeman's death | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6330I020100404 | work=Reuters | date = April 4, 2010 | access-date = September 23, 2010 }}</ref> *April 12: 14 train stations around Gipuzkoa and Biscay are attacked by groups of young independentists.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ministerio del Interior |url=http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2010/04/ |work=mir.es |year=2010 |access-date=January 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007185950/http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Cronologia/2010/04/ |archive-date=October 7, 2010 }}</ref> *April 16: A small bomb exploded at an agency of [[Telefonica]] in [[Llodio]]. Groups linked to [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]] were blamed.<ref>{{cite news | title = Petite explosion au Pays Basque | url = http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2010/04/17/97001-20100417FILWWW00448-petite-explosion-au-pays-basque.php | work = Le figaro | date = April 16, 2010 | access-date = April 16, 2010 }}</ref> *May 9: Two small explosive devices explode in the home of a judge and a security guard in San Sebastián. *June 23: ETA said it had planted four bombs to roads and railways in the city of [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]]. No bombs were found.<ref>{{cite news |title = Menace d'attentats de l'ETA à Valence |url = http://www.eitb.com/infos/politique/detail/451547/menace-dattentats-leta-valence/ |work = EITB |date = June 23, 2010 |access-date = June 23, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110728103030/http://www.eitb.com/infos/politique/detail/451547/menace-dattentats-leta-valence/ |archive-date = 2011-07-28 }}</ref> *August: Violence spreads along the Basque Country after a series of coordinated [[kale borroka]] attacks. Several trash containers and a building are burnt in [[Ondarroa]] on August 7,<ref name="kale1"> {{cite web | title = La quema de 12 contenedores en Azkoitia confirma el rebrote de la kale borroka | work = Diario Vasco | date = 18 August 2010 | url = http://www.diariovasco.com/v/20100818/politica/quema-contenedores-azkoitia-confirma-20100818.html | access-date = August 20, 2010 }} </ref> dozens of trash containers are burnt in the town of [[Zarautz]] on August 11 leaving two police officers injured,<ref name="kale1"/> a petrol bomb is thrown at a post office in [[Zalla]] on August 13,<ref name="kale2"> {{cite web | title = Un nuevo ataque hace temer a la Policía una ofensiva del terrorismo callejero | work = La Razón | url = http://www.larazon.es/noticia/4044-un-nuevo-ataque-hace-temer-a-la-policia-una-ofensiva-del-terrorismo-callejero | access-date = August 20, 2010 }} </ref> two trucks working on a [[High-speed rail in Spain|TAV]]-related project are burnt and destroyed in [[Andoain]] on August 16,<ref name="kale1"/> several trash containers are burnt in the cities of Azkoitia and Vitoria on August 17,<ref name="kale1"/> more trash containers are burnt in Vitoria on August 18,<ref name="kale3"> {{cite web | title = Arden cuatro contenedores en Vitoria en otro acto de kale borroka | work = El Correo | date = 20 August 2010 | url = http://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/v/20100820/politica/arden-cuatro-contenedores-vitoria-20100820.html | access-date = August 20, 2010 }} </ref> eight trash containers and several cars are burnt in the city of Bilbao and petrol bombs are thrown in [[Amorebieta]] on August 20.<ref>{{cite news | title = Son 8 los contenedores quemados en Bilbao y doce los coches afectados | url = http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/08/20/paisvasco/1282289738.html | work = El Mundo | date = August 20, 2010 | access-date = August 20, 2010 }}</ref> An explosive device went off in Bilbao on August 21.<ref>{{cite news | title = Estalla un artefacto incendiario junto a la casa de un vecino de Bilbao | url = http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/08/21/paisvasco/1282390815.html | work = El Mundo | date = August 21, 2010 | access-date = August 21, 2010 }}</ref> *September 16: A small bomb goes off in an industrial zone of [[Vitoria-Gasteiz|Vitoria]], causing damage but no injuries. It is believed to be a ''kale borroka'' attack, youth groups linked to ETA.<ref>{{cite news | title = Small Basque bomb explodes despite Eta ceasefire | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11325067 | work = BBC News | date = September 16, 2010 | access-date = September 16, 2010 }}</ref> * December 20: A commando of ETA hides about 7,000 [[smart cards]] and plastic supports format card, and seven specialized printers and several printing software in a business located in [[Bourg-de-Péage]] in France.<ref>{{cite news | title = Drôme: trois membres présumés de l'ETA volent des milliers de cartes à puce | url = http://www.leparisien.fr/lyon-69000/drome-trois-membres-presumes-de-l-eta-volent-des-milliers-de-cartes-a-puce-22-12-2010-1200975.php | work = Le Parisien | date = December 22, 2010 }}</ref> ====2011==== *April 9: An officer of the Police Nationale is shot by two members of ETA who refused to stop at a police checkpoint in the town of [[Valliere]], [[Limousin (region)|Limousin]]. Another shoot-out followed the first incident, without injuring anyone. The two members were arrested the following day after another gunbattle. No one was injured.<ref>{{cite news|title=French police capture 2 suspected members of Basque separatist group ETA after shootings|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g7p8UZHCJVSbB6x_bd92RYcIvvPg?docId=6522287|work=[[Google News]]|agency=The Canadian Press|access-date=10 April 2011}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
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