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Age: 37
Offspring: 0Marital status: Married
Job: Broker
Date of the attack: 26/05/1979
Place of the attack: Madrid
Weapon: Others explosives
Killed by: GRAPO
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At 6:55 pm on 26 May 1979, a powerful explosion went off in the California 47 café, situated at 47 Calle Goya, Madrid. The device, made up of between four and five kilograms of explosives, had been placed in the ground-floor toilets. Eight people were killed by the blast, most of them elderly women and around another fifty people were injured. The premises was almost completely destroyed by the force of the explosion. The attack was blamed on GRAPO. The café was near the headquarters of New Force (Fuerza Nueva, a far-right political party) and was frequented by sympathisers of the organisation.
One of those killed was Fernando Manso, aged 37 years, who worked as a sales representative.
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