Bar Iruna attack | |
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Location | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
Date | 26 December 1987 6:00 pm ( UTC+01:00) |
Target | Americans |
Attack type | Bombing |
Weapons | Grenade |
Deaths | 1 |
Injured | 9 |
Perpetrators | Catalan separatists |
On 26 December 1987, a bomb attack on a United Service Organizations (USO) club in Barcelona, Spain killed an American sailor and injured nine others. The attack, on Bar Iruña, was perpetrated by Catalan nationalist terrorists. 22-year-old Ronald Strong from Reeders, Pennsylvania was the person who died, having received shrapnel wounds to his lungs and kidneys.[ citation needed]
Both Terra Lliure and Catalan Red Liberation Army (ERCA) claimed responsibility. Residents claimed that anti-American slogans and graffiti near the bar at the time suggested the incident was linked to the extension of the Spain-United States military treaty ( Pact of Madrid), which was first signed during the tenure of caudillo Francisco Franco in 1953. [1] [2]
Terra Lliure had previously claimed responsibility for an attack on an American consulate in Barcelona in October, which wounded eight sailors. [3] A woman claiming to be from ERCA took responsibility "against an establishment of the Yankee war marines" in a call to news agency EFE. However, the authorities doubted its credibility. [4]
Bar Iruna attack | |
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Location | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
Date | 26 December 1987 6:00 pm ( UTC+01:00) |
Target | Americans |
Attack type | Bombing |
Weapons | Grenade |
Deaths | 1 |
Injured | 9 |
Perpetrators | Catalan separatists |
On 26 December 1987, a bomb attack on a United Service Organizations (USO) club in Barcelona, Spain killed an American sailor and injured nine others. The attack, on Bar Iruña, was perpetrated by Catalan nationalist terrorists. 22-year-old Ronald Strong from Reeders, Pennsylvania was the person who died, having received shrapnel wounds to his lungs and kidneys.[ citation needed]
Both Terra Lliure and Catalan Red Liberation Army (ERCA) claimed responsibility. Residents claimed that anti-American slogans and graffiti near the bar at the time suggested the incident was linked to the extension of the Spain-United States military treaty ( Pact of Madrid), which was first signed during the tenure of caudillo Francisco Franco in 1953. [1] [2]
Terra Lliure had previously claimed responsibility for an attack on an American consulate in Barcelona in October, which wounded eight sailors. [3] A woman claiming to be from ERCA took responsibility "against an establishment of the Yankee war marines" in a call to news agency EFE. However, the authorities doubted its credibility. [4]