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1987 Hipercor bombing

19 June 1987

Car bomb attack by the Basque separatist organisation ETA in 1987 at the Hipercor shopping centre in Barcelona. It took place on 19 June 1987 in what is now Spain. The setting was Sant Andreu. It was part of Euskadi Ta Askatasuna campaign. About 21 people died. Some 45 were injured.

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