Terrorist attack
Open on the mapEl Descanso bombing: A terrorist bombing attributed to the Islamic Jihad Organization in the El Descanso restaurant near Madrid, Spain
12 Apr 1985 · 40.45° N, 3.55° W
What the records say
- When
- 12 Apr 1985
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 40.45° N, 3.55° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, El Descanso bombing.
Summary
El Descanso bombing: A terrorist bombing attributed to the Islamic Jihad Organization in the El Descanso restaurant near Madrid, Spain, mostly attended by U.S. personnel from the Torrejón Air Base, causes 18 deaths (all Spaniards) and 82 injuries.
2 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un atentado islamista en el restaurante El Descanso de Madrid, España, deja 18 muertos y 82 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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