The Hipercor Bombing: ETA’s Deadliest Attack
On a Friday afternoon in June 1987, shoppers filled a Barcelona supermarket. In the underground parking garage, a stolen car sat loaded with explosives and an incendiary mixture. At 4:12 p.m., it detonated—killing 21 people, including four children, and injuring 45 more.
This was the deadliest single attack in ETA’s history. Host Alexander Lawson examines the planning by the Barcelona Commando, the phone warnings that failed to clear the store, the investigation, the trials, and the lasting impact on the victims’ families and Spanish society.
A stark account of how ordinary lives were erased…
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