Bar Iruna attack

On December 26, 1987, a bomb attack on a United Service Organizations (USO) club in Barcelona, Spain killed an American sailor and injured nine others. The attack, on Bar Iruña, was perpetrated by Catalan nationalist terrorists. 22-year-old Ronald Strong from Reeders, Pennsylvania was the person who died, having received shrapnel wounds to his lungs and kidneys.

Bar Iruna attack
LocationBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
DateDecember 26, 1987
6:00 pm (UTC+01:00)
TargetAmericans
Attack type
Bombing
WeaponsGrenade
Deaths1
Injured9
PerpetratorsCatalan separatists

Both Terra Lliure and Catalan Red Liberation Army (ERCA) claimed responsibility. Residents claimed that anti-American slogans and graffiti near the bar at the time suggested the incident was linked to the extension of the Spain-United States military treaty (Pact of Madrid), which was first signed during the tenure of caudillo Francisco Franco in 1953.[1][2]

Terra Lliure had previously claimed responsibility for an attack on an American consulate in Barcelona in October, which wounded eight sailors.[3] A woman claiming to be from ERCA took responsibility "against an establishment of the Yankee war marines" in a call to news agency EFE. However, the authorities doubted its credibility.[4]

See also

References
  1. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/28/world/american-sailor-dies-in-barcelona-after-uso-blast-that-hurt-10.html
  2. https://www.csmonitor.com/1987/1109/obase.html
  3. https://articles.latimes.com/1987-12-27/news/mn-31625_1_sailors
  4. https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/12/27/A-US-sailor-died-Sunday-from-injuries-suffered-in/5382567579600/

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