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2002 Torrevieja bombing

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Attack type
  
Bombing

Deaths
  
0

Perpetrator
  
ETA

Location
  
Torrevieja, Spain

Weapons
  
Bomb

Non-fatal injuries
  
0

Date
  
9 August 2002

[1][2] On August 9, 2002, the separatist Basque terrorist organization, ETA, placed an explosive in the toilets of a hamburger restaurant, located a few meters from a tourist office, the Alicante town of Torrevieja. No one died or was injured, although it caused serious material damage.

[3] [4] ETA claimed responsibility for the attack through a call to the Basque newspaper Gara, which also said it had placed a bomb on the beach in Santa Pola, which was found days later in palm trees.

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2002 Torrevieja bombing Wikipedia


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