Murder of Miquel Grau

1977 CE.

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The murder of Miquel Grau Gómez occurred on 6 October 1977 in the city of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain. Grau, a young native of Rafal (Alicante), was killed by a brick thrown at him by Miguel Panadero while putting up posters calling for the National Day of the Valencian Country. Panadero was a militant of the extreme right party New Force.

Text from the Wikipedia article Murder of Miquel Grau, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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