ETA hipercor

ETA attack in Hipercor

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Consecuencies for ETA

Attack

Reaction

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Responsability of the State

Attack

The attack was carried out with a car bomb that was loaded with a total of 200 kilogrames of explosive charge.The car was parked in the parking of the Hiperocor. ETA chose this objetive because the believed that Hipercor was a company with French capital

As was proved in the trial the authors made 3 warning calls. The information was confused and they established the attack hour at 15:30 ( to give a margin). The security guard and the urban Police realized a search but as the bomb wasn´t found the thaught that was a false warning and it was innecessary to evacuate the place. Finally at 16:10 the explosives caused a huge explosion. As consecuencies 21 people died and another 45 were injured

Reaction

Government reaction

As a result of the attack, the government intesified the investigations, the penalties for terrorism were increased, the security forces against terreorists were expanded, the government intensified relations with France to capture ETA mebres and finally the emrgency protocols were improved The attack completely changed society´s perception of ETA, and the few Basque or Spanish people who sympathized with ETA stopped doing it, massive manifestations were held throughout Spain, especially in Barcelona, associations of protection of terrorism victims were created and in the next years, numerous tributes were made to the victims

Society reaction

Responsability of the State

The State had a great responsability in the attack. The lack of adequate evacuation ( ETA made three warning calls but there were communication problems and the warnings weren´t taken seriously), the lack of cordination between different security forces and the deficiency of emergency protocols are some of the reasons of their responsability. In fact at 2003 the Supreme Court ruled that the State was responsible for the attack, The ruling forced the State to compensate the victims

Consecuencies for ETA

Domingo Troitiño Josefa Ernaga

The sentece was 794 years as the perpetrator of the massacre. She finished serving hersentence in December 2014 after 27 and half years in prision

The sentece was 794 years as the perpetrator of the massacre. He was released in November 2013 due to the Parot doctrine, he served 26 years in prision

Rafael Caride Simón Santi Potros

The sentence was 790 and ahalf years in prision as the ideologue of the attack and a participant in it. He finished serving his sentence in August 2019 after 19 years in prision

The sentence was 790 and ahalf years in prision as the head of the terrorist group. He finished serving his sentence in August 2018, after 18 years in prision

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