October 2000 Madrid bombing

2000 Madrid bombing
Part of Basque conflict
LocationMadrid, Spain
Date30 October 2000
07:15 a.m. (UTC+01:00)
Attack type
Bombing
WeaponsCar bomb
Deaths4
Injured64
PerpetratorETA

On 30 October 2000, the separatist Basque organization ETA detonated a large car bomb on Badajoz Avenue in Madrid, Spain. The blast killed three people; a Spanish Supreme Court judge, Francisco Querol Lombardero, his driver, and his bodyguard. One of the injured, a bus driver, died from his injuries days later. Sixty-four people were wounded. It was the deadliest attack since the ETA called off its ceasefire in December 1999 and one of numerous attacks in Madrid.