October 2000 Madrid bombing

2000 Madrid bombing
Part of Basque conflict
LocationMadrid, Spain
Date30 October 2000
07:15 a.m. (UTC+01:00)
Attack type
Bombing
WeaponsCar bomb
Deaths4
Injured64
PerpetratorETA

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]

  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.