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Description
Born in: Andalucía
Age: 26
Offspring: 2Marital status: Married
Job: First Corporal Radio Telegraphist of the Navy
Date of the attack: 25/11/1985
Place of the attack: Donostia
Guilties: Ignacio Erro Zazu y Estanislao Echaburu Solabarrieta
Weapon: Others explosives
Killed by: ETA
Description
At 8.20 am on 25 November 1985, in the La Paz district of San Sebastián, members of ETA machine-gunned a minibus with six military personnel, killing José Manuel Ibarzábal Duque, seaman second-class in the Navy, and Rafael Melchor García, radio operator first-class. The two men were on their way to the navy headquarters in Pasajes in the official vehicle. After it was machine-gunned, the car crashed into a tree. Rafael Melchor tried to return fire before being fatally shot.
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