| Mutxamel bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Basque conflict | |
| Location | Mutxamel, Spain |
| Date | 16 September 1991 0930 (UTC+1) |
| Target | Civil Guard barracks |
Attack type | Car bombing |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Injured | 30 |
| Perpetrators | ETA |
A car bombing was carried out by the Basque separatist organisation ETA on 16 September 1991 in the town of Mutxamel (Spanish: Muchamiel) near Alicante. The target was the Civil Guard barracks in the town. However the bomb initially failed to explode near its target. The police treated the car as an abandoned vehicle, not realising that it contained a bomb and while being towed away, the car bomb exploded, killing two police officers and the civilian towing the car away. The bombing was the deadliest of the 40 attacks which ETA carried out in the Province of Alicante between 1979 and 2004.[1]