1987 Zaragoza Guardia Civil Barracks bombing
1987 CE.
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A car bomb attack was carried out by the Basque separatist organisation ETA on 11 December 1987. A vehicle containing 250 kilograms (550 lb) of ammonal was parked beside the main Guardia Civil barracks in the city of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain; its explosion killed 11 people, including 5 children. Another 88 people were injured, the majority of them civilians. The attack came almost six months after ETA had killed 21 people and injured 45 more in a car bomb attack on a Hipercor shopping centre in Barcelona. Most of those killed were women and children who were burnt by the high temperatures the explosion provoked. Responsibility for the attack was placed on the Argala Commando Unit, an itinerant unit composed of French citizens who immediately returned to France after committing the attacks. Those involved in the attacks and those responsible for their planning were detained in a number of police operations during 1989 and 1992.
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