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, the Alicante town of Torrevieja. No one died or was injured, although it caused serious material damage.[1]
2002 Torrevieja bombing | |
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Part of Basque conflict | |
Location | Torrevieja, Spain |
Date | 9 August 2002 (UTC+02:00) |
Attack type | Bombing |
Weapons | Bomb |
Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 0 |
Perpetrator | ETA |
ETA claimed responsibility for the attack through a call to the Basque newspaper Gara, and the gorup also said it had placed a bomb on the beach in Santa Pola, which was found days later in palm trees.[2][3]