Editing List of ETA attacks (section)

===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&nbsp;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]].