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2001 Madrid bombing
Part of Basque conflict
LocationMadrid, Spain
Date6 November 2001 (UTC+02:00)
Attack typeBombing
WeaponsCar bomb
Deaths0
Injured99
PerpetratorETA
Basque conflict
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On 6 November 2001, the separatist Basque organization ETA detonated a car bomb on Corazón de María street in Madrid, Spain. The blast injured about 99 people. It has been claimed the ETA targeted Juan Junquera, a government official, who survived.

The attack was one of many that occurred in Madrid in 2001 in the ETA's campaign.

See also

References

  1. "Car Bomb Injures 99 In Madrid". CBS News. 6 November 2001.
  2. "Madrid bomb misses target - police". CNN. 6 November 2001.
  3. "ETA timeline: list of attacks by Basque separatist group". The Telegraph. 7 July 2011.
  4. "Atentados de ETA desde la ruptura de la última tregua". El Correo Digital (in Spanish). 22 March 2006.

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