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1993 Madrid bombings

Name: 1993 Madrid bombings
Start: 1993-06-21
Location: 1993 Madrid bombings, Madrid, Spain

tourist highlight 1993 Madrid bombings · Madrid, Spain · 1993-06-21

Car bomb attacks carried out by the armed Basque separatist group ETA.

The record

Date	1993-06-21
Place	1993 Madrid bombings, Madrid, Spain
Coordinates	40.44053, -3.68081 (landmark-level precision)
Scope	Local interest
Sources	Wikidata Q16534051
Added	2026-08-20 · source: wikidata

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Time layers at this place

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Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco

1986

Plaza República Dominicana bombing

1920 — Real Madrid CF
1947 — Bernabéu (stadium)
1973 — Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco
1986 — Plaza República Dominicana bombing
1987 — 1st Goya Awards
1988 — 2nd Goya Awards
1989 — 3rd Goya Awards
1990 — 4th Goya Awards
1993 — 1993 Madrid bombings this page
1995 — 9th Goya Awards

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