October 2000 Madrid bombing

2000 Madrid bombing
2000 Madrid bombing
Part of Basque conflict
Location	Madrid, Spain
Date	30 October 2000 ; 08:15 am (UTC+02:00)
Attack type	Bombing
Weapons	Car bomb
Deaths	4
Injured	64
Perpetrator	ETA

On 30 October 2000, the separatist Basque organization ETA detonated a large car bomb on Badajoz Avenue in Madrid, Spain.^[1] The blast killed three people;^[2] a Spanish Supreme Court judge, Francisco Querol Lombardero, his driver, and his bodyguard.^[3] One of the injured, a bus driver, died from his injuries days later. Sixty-four people were wounded.^[4] It was the deadliest attack since the ETA called off its ceasefire in December 1999 and one of numerous attacks in Madrid.^[5]

References

^ "Atentados de ETA desde la ruptura de la última tregua". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-14.
^ "Car Bomb Kills 3 in Madrid, Including Judge". The New York Times. 31 October 2000.
^ "Eta blamed as Madrid car bomb kills three". The Guardian. 30 October 2000.
^ "Atentados de ETA desde la ruptura de la última tregua". El Correo Digital (in Spanish). 22 March 2006.
^ "Bomb blast rocks Madrid". BBC News. 30 October 2000.

[1] "Atentados de ETA desde la ruptura de la última tregua". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-14.

[2] "Car Bomb Kills 3 in Madrid, Including Judge". The New York Times. 31 October 2000.

[3] "Eta blamed as Madrid car bomb kills three". The Guardian. 30 October 2000.

[4] "Atentados de ETA desde la ruptura de la última tregua". El Correo Digital (in Spanish). 22 March 2006.

[5] "Bomb blast rocks Madrid". BBC News. 30 October 2000.

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