List of mass shootings in Spain

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This article is a list of mass shootings in Spain. Mass shootings are firearm-related violence with at least four casualties.

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The data includes casualties of perpetrators, including self-inflicted gunshot or shooting of a perpetrator by police. The treatment of perpetrator casualties is at variance to some but not all definitions of a mass shooting used in the United States. The inclusion of injured victims in the data is also at variance with some of the US definitions that only include dead victims. However, the above treatment is consistent with that used in other Wikipedia lists of mass shootings by country.

21st century

DateLocationDeadInjuredTotalDescription
9 November 2025 El Casar de Escalona, Castilla–La Mancha 134One person was killed and three other people wounded in a shootout between police and drug traffickers. [1]
24 January 2025 Madrid, Community of Madrid 066Six people were wounded after a brawl escalated into a shooting in the Cañada Real shantytown. Five people were arrested. [2]
1 January 2025 Puente Genil, Andalusia 14 [n 1] 5A man fired shots in the street before being reprimanded by his neighbours and leaving. He returned and opened fire again, killing a man and wounding three other people, including a teenager, before being wounded himself and arrested. [3]
18 September 2024 Madrid, Community of Madrid 044Four young people were shot and a fifth stabbed during a brawl in Carabanchel. [4]
23 June 2024 Girona, Catalonia 224A man fired an assault rifle at people after a dispute, killing two people and wounding two others, including a child. He and his wife were arrested three months later. [5]
18 July 2022 Marbella, Andalusia 044A shooter wounded four people in a discotheque before being stabbed and arrested. [6]
14 December 2021 Tarragona, Catalonia 05 [n 1] 5A security guard opened fire on co-workers, wounding three people, then fled and wounded a police officer before being shot by police and arrested. He was euthanized in 2022 due to his injuries. [7]
3 December 2018 Barcelona, Catalonia 044Four people were wounded in a shootout between Romani families in Nou Barris. [8]
8 November 2017 Cartagena, Region of Murcia 224Two people were killed and two others wounded in a street during a fight. [9]
29 September 2011 Madrid, Community of Madrid 2 [n 1] 24A mentally ill man opened fire in a church, killing a woman and wounding two other people before killing himself. [10]
15 December 2010 Olot, Gerona 404A man shoots and kills four men over revenge and debts. [11]
8 January 2006 Madrid, Community of Madrid 3 [n 1] 14A security guard killed two co-workers and wounded another with a shotgun outside the Palacio de Comunicaciones before killing himself. [12]
25 April 2002 Alicante, Valencian Community 314Three people were killed and a fourth person wounded in a shootout between Romani families. [13]
15 February 2001 Tarragona, Catalonia 134A man fired a shotgun at neighbours, killing one and wounding three. [14]
5 February 2000 Valencia, Valencian Community 5 [n 1] 05A man caused a gas explosion before opening fire from his house, killing a neighbour, two National Police Corps officers, and a firefighter, before being killed by other police officers. [15]

20th century

DateLocationDeadInjuredTotalDescription
3 December 1999 Madrid, Community of Madrid 044A gunman shot and wounded four people at a Vips restaurant before fleeing with an accomplice. [16]
22 December 1997 Azuqueca de Henares, Castilla–La Mancha 04 [n 1] 4A man chased his wife in the street while firing a shotgun, wounding her and two bystanders. He was arrested after being shot by police. [17]
27 November 1996 Gamonal, San Millán de Lara, Province of Burgos, Castile and León 6 [n 1] 06 Gamonal and San Millán de Lara shootings: A man shoots and kills five members of the family of a woman he is infatuated with, including the woman before taking his own life. [18] [19] [20] [21]
26 August 1990Puerto Hurraco, Benquerencia de la Serena 91221 Puerto Hurraco massacre: Two brothers shoot and kills nine people and injure 12 others stemming from a quarrel between two families.
22 April 1987 Madrid, Community of Madrid 145A man shot and killed his wife and wounded his four children. He surrendered at a local police station. [22]
1 July 1985 Madrid 12728 Madrid airline office attacks: A terrorist attack that targeted the American Trans World Airlines, British Airways and Alia Royal Jordanian Airline offices in Madrid, Spain, killing a woman and wounding 27 people. [23] [24] The attacks have been attributed by several sources to the Abu Nidal Organization. [25] [26] [27]
22 March 1984Near Pasaia (Basque Country)404 National Policeman ambushed five members of the Comandos Autonomos Anticapitalistas and killed 4 of them. [28] [29]
14 September 1982 Errenteria, Basque Autonomous Community 415 September 1982 Rentería attack: Six ETA members ambush several national police officers, four of whom are killed in the attack, with the fifth being injured. [30]
27 November 1980Liermo, Ribamontán al Monte, Cantabria 7 [n 1] 18 Liermo shooting: A man shoots and kills six people and wounds another following a dispute over land. He would then take his own life.
3 November 1980 Zarautz 5510 1980 Zarautz attack: Six ETA members target were a group of five off-duty civil guards killing four of them and a bystander. [31]
20 September 1980 Markina-Xemein 404 1980 Markina attack: Four ETA members target were a group of four off-duty civil guards killing all of them.
13 July 1980 Orio 4 [n 1] 37 1980 Orio ambush: ETA members target a convoy of civil guards with two civil guards being killed and three injured. Two ETA members would be killed after an exchange of gunfire. [32]
1 February 1980 Ispaster 8 [n 1] 08 1980 Ispaster attack: ETA members target a convoy of civil guards with six civil guards being killed, while two ETA members were killed by hand grenades that they had thrown. [33]
22 October 1978 Getxo 314 October 1978 Getxo attack: Four ETA members, armed with machine guns and shotguns ambush four civil guards, killing three and injuring the other. [34] [35]
24 January 1977 Madrid 549 1977 Atocha massacre: Neo-fascist extremists with links to New Force and Warriors of Christ the King assassinate five labor activists from the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and the workers' federation Comisiones Obreras (CC.OO). [36] [37]
4 October 1976 San Sebastián 51015 Assassination of Juan María de Araluce Villar: Three ETA members assassinate Juan María de Araluce Villar, the Government appointed President of the Provincial Deputation of Gipuzkoa and member of the Council of the Realm.Araluce's driver and three police guards are also killed, with ten bystanders also being injured. [38]
9 May 1976 Montejurra, Navarre 235 Montejurra incidents: A neo-fascist terrorist attack that killed two Carlist members and another three seriously wounded at the annual Carlist Party celebration. [39] [40]
10 March 1972 Ferrol 216182 members of the clandestine union CCOO are shot and killed by the Armed Police, with another 16 being injured by bullets. [41] [42] [43]
5 January 1932 Arnedo, La Rioja 113041 Arnedo events: The Civil Guard fire upon civilians when the group of workers and a delegation who were trying to attend a meeting with their employers, to negotiate the end of a strike called by the General Union of Workers. [44] [45]
21 May 1928 Pobla de Passanat, Catalonia 10212 Pobla de Passanant massacre: A man leaves his house and shoots and murders mainly children in the street before fleeing through the mountains, where he was pursued by the Somatén and the Civil Guard. [46] [47]
16 February 1919 Parish of Sofán, Carballo (Galicia)4044 women are shot and killed by the Guardia Civil. [48] [49] [50]
7 March 1916 La Unión, Murcia 71623Guardia Civil and a unit of the Spanish Army opened fire at a crowd of striking workers in La Unión, killing 7 and injuring 16. [51] [52] [53]
12 October 1912 Parish of Nebra, Porto do Son (Galicia)53237Around 300 peasants were protesting in the bridge of Cans against a new tax ordered by the mayor to solve the local deficit. The Civil Guard fired indiscriminately at the demonstrators, killing 5 people and injuring 32. [54] [55] [56]
22 April 1909 Parish of Oseira, San Cristovo de Cea (Galicia)707The Guardia Civil shot residents who protested against the transfer of several artistic pieces of value from the local convent. [57] [58] [59] [60]
13 September 1902 Málaga 7 [n 1] 512A Civil Guard officer shot at fellow guards at the Agujero post before leaving the post and shooting at civilians. He is shot and killed by responding police [61] [62]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Including the perpetrator or suspect

References

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