Hipercor bombing

Hipercor bombing
Part of the Basque conflict
Avinguda Meridiana, where the attack occurred
Hipercor bombing is located in Catalonia
Hipercor bombing
Hipercor bombing is located in Spain
Hipercor bombing
Hipercor bombing is located in Europe
Hipercor bombing
LocationBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Coordinates41°25′41″N 2°11′08″E / 41.42806°N 2.18556°E / 41.42806; 2.18556
Date19 June 1987 (1987-06-19)
16:12 (UTC+2)
TargetHipercor shopping centre
Attack type
Car bombing
Deaths21
Injured45
PerpetratorsETA
No. of participants
4

A car bomb attack was carried out on 19 June 1987 at the Hipercor shopping centre in Barcelona, Spain, by the Basque separatist organisation ETA, which was classified as a terrorist group by the European Union and numerous nations.[1] The bombing killed 21 people and injured 45, the deadliest attack in ETA's history.[2][3] Controversy surrounded the timing of telephone warnings made before the attack and the authorities' response to them.

  1. ^ "Leader of Eta Basque rebels arrested in France". BBC News. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  2. ^ "The bloodiest attack in ETA's history". La Vanguardia. 20 June 1987. p. 3. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Hipercor bombing". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 11 August 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

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