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Vitoria massacre

1976 in SpainMarch 1976 events in EuropeMassacres committed by SpainMassacres in SpainPolitical repression in Spain
Riots and civil disorder in SpainSpanish transition to democracyVitoria-Gasteiz
Vitoria San Francisco de Asis01
Vitoria San Francisco de Asis01

On March 3, 1976, the Spanish Armed Police Corps used tear gas to force the workers on strike out of the parish Church of San Francisco de Asís in the Basque capital of Vitoria. As the workers left the church, they were shot by the police, resulting in 5 dead and 150 injured with gunshot wounds. The same police later described the events as a massacre. The event inspired Lluís Llach to write the celebrated song Campanades a morts.

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Vitoria massacre
Vicente Manterola kalea/Calle Vicente Manterola, Vitoria-Gasteiz Zaramaga

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N 42.8558 ° E -2.6689 °
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San Frantzisko Asiskoa parrokia/Parroquia de San Francisco de Asis

Vicente Manterola kalea/Calle Vicente Manterola
01013 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Zaramaga
Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain
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