2009 Palma Nova bombing

2009 Palma Nova bombing
Part of the Basque conflict
LocationPalma Nova, Calvià, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Date30 July 2009
13.50 (UTC+2)
TargetCivil Guard barracks
Attack type
Limpet bomb
Deaths2
PerpetratorsETA

The 2009 Palma Nova bombing occurred on 30 July 2009, when a limpet bomb went off outside a Civil Guard barracks in the town of Palma Nova, Majorca, Spain. The bomb was placed under a patrol car and two Civil Guard officers died as a result of the explosion. A second device was found under another Civil Guard vehicle at nearby barracks and safely exploded by police. On 9 August, the Basque nationalist and separatist organisation ETA claimed responsibility for the attack, while four other bombs exploded around restaurants and shopping centres in Palma, Majorca, causing no injuries.

The bombing was ETA's first attack in Majorca since it tried to kill King Juan Carlos I in the summer of 1995, and its deadliest attack since it killed two Civil Guard officers in Capbreton, France in 2007. The attack came on the eve of the 50th anniversary of ETA's founding,[1] and days before the King's yearly visit to Majorca.

  1. ^ "ETA's anniversary calling card". bbc.co.uk/news. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2010.

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