1980 Ispaster attack

1980 Ispaster ambush
Part of the Basque conflict
Land Rover destroyed in the attack
Date 1 February 1980 Location Ispaster, Spain Result ETA victory
Belligerents
ETA	Spain Civil Guard
Strength
8–11	6
Casualties and losses
2 killed	6 killed

The 1980 Ispaster attack was a gun and grenade attack by the Basque separatist organisation ETA which occurred on 1 February 1980 near the Basque town of Ispaster. The targets were a convoy of civil guards who were escorting workers and weapons from the nearby Esperanza y Cia Arms factory to Bilbao. A total of six civil guards were killed, while two ETA members were killed by hand grenades that they had thrown. The attack was the deadliest of 1980,^[1] the year when ETA killed more people than any other.^[2]