1980 Markina attack

1980 Markina attack
Part of the Basque conflict
LocationMarkina-Xemein, Spain
Date20 September 1980
1440 (UTC+2)
TargetCivil Guards
Attack type
Mass shooting, gun attack
Deaths4
PerpetratorsETA
No. of participants
4

The 1980 Markina attack was a mass shooting gun attack by the Basque separatist organisation ETA which occurred on 20 September 1980 near the Basque town of Markina (Spanish: Marquina). The targets were a group of off-duty civil guards who were having lunch in a bar in the town. Four civil guards were killed. The attack was one of the deadliest of 1980,[1] the year when ETA killed more people than any other.[2]

  1. ^ "ETA:Historia de 40 años de terrorismo, ABC, 2006". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  2. ^ Timeline: Eta campaign, BBC News, 8 September 2010 accessed 6 June 2012

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