July 1979 Madrid bombings | |
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Part of the Basque conflict | |
Location | Madrid, Spain |
Date | 29 July 1979 1301 (UTC+2) |
Attack type | bombs |
Deaths | 7 |
Injured | 100+ |
Perpetrators | ETA political-military |
The July 1979 Madrid bombings were a series of bomb attacks carried out by ETA political-military (ETA-pm), a faction of the armed Basque separatist group ETA. The attacks, consisting of coordinated bombings in Barajas Airport and the train stations of Atocha and Chamartín, killed 7 people and injured a further 100. The bombings occurred a day after two attacks in Bilbao and San Sebastian, with both attacks killing two people.