There are several bomb attacks this month by the ETA. They also kill a policeman and a Basque opposition politician.
Jan 24, 1995 Thousands of Basques protest the killing of a Basque opposition politician by ETA gunmen.
Jan 29, 1995 About 150,000 Basques protest against ETA violence.
Feb 1 - Mar 31, 1995 There are several bomb attacks this month by the ETA.
Feb 2, 1995 Julen Madariaga, a founding member of the ETA, quits the HB because it does not condemn the ETA killing of an opposition politician.
Feb 22, 1995 Five suspected ETA members are arrested.
Apr 1995 The ETA claimed responsibility for five separate attacks, including the shooting of an army officer on the 10th, a policeman on the 19th, and a bombing which almost killed Jose Maria Aznar, head of Spain's opposition conservative Popular Party, and six others as it detonated next to Aznar's car on the 19th. (Agence France Presse 4/26/95 and Deutsche Presse-Agentur 4/19/95)
Apr 11, 1995 Gesture for Peace, a group opposed to ETA violence, held a demonstration to protest the death of Mariano de Juan Santamaria, a member of the army shot in the head in front of his house in San Sebastian. Flags in San Sabastian were flown at half-mast. The parliament held a minute of silence, during which the members of the Herri Batasuna coalition, which has close ties to the ETA, stepped out of the chamber. (Inter Press Service 4/11/95)
May 3, 1995 A Spanish judge charged a former chief of the Civil Guard with embezzlement of public funds in relation to charges that he transferred Interior Ministry funds to two members of the Anti-Terrorist Liberation Groups (GAL). (Agence France Presse 5/3/95)
May 8, 1995 Basque separatists kidnapped Jose Maria Aldaya Etxeburua, the Spanish head of a transport business. His name had appeared on a list of potential targets the police had found. This was the first Basque kidnapping in almost two years. (Deutsche Presse-Agentur 5/9/95)
Jun 19, 1995 A car bomb planted in downtown Madrid killed one police officer and injured three others. An anonymous caller from the ETA had warned police of the bomb. (Agence France Presse and Deutsche Presse-Agentur 6/19/95)
Jul 9, 1995 The ETA claimed three separate bombs went off in the Spanish Catalan region, but no one was reported injured. (Agence France Presse 9/7/95)
Aug 4, 1995 The Basque government protested the promotion of a member of the Civil Guard stationed in San Sebastian, who was believed to have been responsible for some of the GAL activities in the 1980's. (Agence France Presse 8/4/95)
Aug 8, 1995 10,000 people, organized by several Basque pacifist organizations, demonstrated for the release of Jose Maria Aldaya, who was kidnapped by the ETA May 8. (See update for 5/9/95). (Agence France Presse 8/8/95)
Aug 10, 1995 Police arrested 3 ETA terrorists who planned to kill Spain’s King Juan Carlos. The three had rented a vacation cottage near the King’s Marivent palace, and planned to use a rifle with a telescopic sight to shoot the king on his yacht in Palma de Mallorca. (Deutsche Presse-Agentur 8/10/95)
Aug 17, 1995 A car bomb detonated at 4:10 AM outside a Civil Guard barracks, lightly injuring 40 individuals. Police suspected the ETA. (Agence France Presse 8/17/95)
Aug 31, 1995 The Spanish Supreme Court began informal hearings into the relationship between Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez and other officials of the Socialist Party on the one hand and the Anti-Terrorist Liberation Groups (GAL) blamed for the deaths of at least 22 Basque separatists in the 1980's on the other. (Agence France Presse 9/4/95)
Sep 27, 1995 Fifty young supporters of Basque separatism overturned a police car, threw Molotov cocktails at the branches of the Banco Central Hispano and the Banco de Santander and set fire to a Spanish-owned insurance office several hours before the celebrations for "Gudari Eguna" (Basque Soldier's Day). (Agence France Presse 9/27/95)
Nov 10, 1995 A car bomb in the city of Salmanca seriously injured a Spanish army officer. The Minister of Defense blamed the ETA, noting that the group was facing increasing difficulties mounting attacks in the Basque region or Madrid since several ETA cells in those areas broke up. (Agence France Presse 11/10/95)
Dec 11, 1995 A bomb detonated four days before an EU summit in Madrid killed six and injured 20. Many of the dead and injured were member of the Spanish navy. Police suspected the ETA "Commando Madrid" in the attack. (Deutsche Presse-Agentur 12/11/95)
Dec 13, 1995 20,000 demonstrators in Madrid protested ETA violence. (Deutsche Presse-Agentur 12/13/95)
Dec 16, 1995 A total of three bombs went off in a Valencia department store, killing one woman, injuring eight others, and creating a panic as people in the store tried to flee. An anonymous tip from the ETA had warned of the bombs, but had not specified which of the five Corte Ingles stores in Valencia would be targeted. Police deactivated two more bombs in the store. (Deutsche Presse-Agentur 12/16/95)
Dec 22, 1995 A car bomb in Leon in Northern Spain killed a Spanish army major and seriously injured his wife and daughter. Police blamed the ETA. (Deutsche Presse-Agentur 12/22/95)
Dec 23, 1995 In San Sebastian, 20,000 people demanded the release of a businessman, Jose Maria Aldaya, who was kidnapped in May. Local political leaders attended the rally, while in Leon, more than 15,000 people mourned for an army major killed by a car bomb a day earlier. (Deutsche Presse-Agentur 12/23/95)
Dec 26, 1995 Spanish police dismantled an ETA Basque terrorist unit, arresting three suspected terrorists in Vitoria and seizing 150 kilograms of explosives. According to police, the active unit had been planning a series of bomb blasts. (Deutsche Presse-Agentur 12/26/95)
Dec 30, 1995 Hundreds of youths battled police and torched cars overnight in Vitoria following the arrest of three presumed Basque terrorists. Violence broke out after some 500 people demonstrated in support of the presumed terrorists of Basque separatist group ETA, jailed Friday in Madrid. (Agence France Presse 12/30/95)
Dec 31, 1995 Two people were injured as police intervened to break up a rally of around 40,000 Basque supporters demonstrating to have separatist ETA prisoners grouped together. The incidents erupted as demonstrators began spraying slogans onto the walls of a police building. (Agence France Presse 12/31/95)