This page is a list of attacks undertaken (or believed to have been undertaken) by Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA), a paramilitary and armed Basque separatist movement, mainly in Spain. The list includes attacks by all the branches and divisions that ETA had through its history, as well as some kale borroka attacks. Important failed attacks are also included.
Since 1961, ETA conducted many attacks against a variety of targets. Because these attacks number in the hundreds over a span of more than 45 years, not all can be included here. This incomplete list may include attacks noted for being the first of their kind made by the organization, first in a particular area, notability of targets, large number of victims, unique method of attack, or other historic significance. The list is of those attacks described above between 1961 and 2011.
ETA deaths by status of victim[1] | |||
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Status | No. | ||
Civilian | 343 | ||
Members of security forces | 486 | ||
of whom: | |||
Guardia Civil | 203 | ||
Cuerpo Nacional de Policía | 146 | ||
Spanish Army | 98 | ||
Policia Municipal | 24 | ||
Ertzaintza | 13 | ||
Mossos d'Esquadra | 1 | ||
French National Police | 1 | ||
Total | |||
829 people killed |
The number of people killed by ETA is sometimes disputed. The Spanish Interior Ministry, the Basque government, and major news agencies state that 829 people were killed in ETA attacks. Some victims' organizations such as the Asociación de Víctimas del Terrorismo and the Colectivo de Víctimas del Terrorismo en el País Vasco place the death toll of ETA's victims at 952, including in the list Iberian Revolutionary Liberation Directory's victim[2][3][4][5] Begoña Urroz (regarded by some sources as ETA's first victim)[6] and several unresolved attacks, and the Hotel Corona de Aragón fire.[7]
From 1968 until 2002, there were more than 3,300 ETA attacks, which also left more than 2,000 people injured.[8]