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1980 Orio ambush

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81: 68: 93: 374:. The civil guards, having just finished their shift at the munitions factory, were driving to their barracks in three official vehicles. The ETA unit, waiting near the bridge at the main road, launched grenades at the vehicles and subjected them to crossfire, killing two of the guards and wounding three. Another group of civil guards, who had arrived at the munitions factory to begin their shift, heard the shooting and rushed to assist their colleagues. Opening fire on the ETA unit, with the 354:
who had just finished their shift guarding the nearby munitions factory. Two civil guards were killed and three injured, while two ETA members were killed after the civil guards starting the new shift came to the assistance of their colleagues.
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caused by the elevation of the factory, they managed to kill two ETA members after an exchange of gunfire. The remaining ETA members fled down the mountain.
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The attack occurred at 14:05 on a Sunday afternoon. ETA had carried out a similar attack earlier in the year, killing six civil guards in an
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guns. They also found three grenades which had failed to explode and a fourth which had not been used, as well as false identity documents.
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ETA military claimed responsibility for the attack. The vehicle which they had used was later found abandoned in
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were suspended in tribute to the ETA members killed, while councillors of ETA's political wing,
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which occurred on 13 July 1980 near the Basque town of
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Basque conflict
Orio, Spain
Basque Country (autonomous community)
ETA
Spain
Spain

Civil Guard
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Basque conflict
Operación Ogro
Cafetería Rolando bombing
Assassination of Juan María de Araluce
Assassination of Augusto Unceta Barrenechea
Getxo shooting
July 1979 Madrid bombings
Alonsotegi bombing
Ispaster attack
Orio ambush
Markina attack
Zarautz attack
Rentería ambush
Killing of Lasa and Zabala
Monbar attack
Plaza República Dominicana bombing
Hipercor bombing
Zaragoza bombing
Netherlands attacks

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