2000 Madrid bombing | |
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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]