What the records say
- When
- 13 Apr 1961
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Killed
- 1
- Coordinates
- 23.14° N, 82.36° W
- Wounded
- 18
El Encanto fire
1961 arson attack in Havana, Cuba
The El Encanto fire was a terrorist arson attack that destroyed a department store in central Havana, Cuba on 13 April 1961.
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- Wikidata: terrorist attacks outside GTD’s yearsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Incendio de El Encanto”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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