Hipercor bombing

Hipercor bombing
Part of the Basque conflict
Avinguda Meridiana, where the attack occurred
Hipercor is located in Barcelona
Hipercor
Hipercor
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 (including a pregnant woman)
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.[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.

© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search