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2002 Torrevieja bombing

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2002 Torrevieja bombing
Part of Basque conflict
LocationTorrevieja, Spain
Date9 August 2002 (UTC+02:00)
Attack type
Bombing
WeaponsBomb
Deaths0
Injured0
PerpetratorETA

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

ETA claimed responsibility for the attack through a call to the Basque newspaper Gara, and the group also said it had placed a bomb on the beach in Santa Pola, which was found days later in palm trees.[2][3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Una bomba hace explosión en una hamburguesería de Torrevieja". Diario de León (in Spanish). 10 August 2002. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  2. ^ "ETA hace estallar una bomba en una hamburguesería de Torrevieja". El País (in Spanish). 8 August 2002. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  3. ^ "El Gobierno dice que el atentado de Torrevieja 'reafirma' la 'urgencia' de ilegalizar Batasuna". El Mundo (in Spanish). 10 August 2002. Retrieved 4 May 2018.