The 61 Otxandians killed in the Franco bombing will be remembered today on the 90th anniversary of the massacre
During the Santamaña festivities in the village's Andikona Square, neighbours 61 were killed by the Franco attack, which was the first air strike against the civilian population in the Basque Country.
Image of Otxandio after the Franco bombing, painting by Santi Capanaga
Today you will remember the 61 neighbours killed by the attack 90 years ago by the Francoist armed forces on the town of Otxandio, 90 years after the massacre.
The air strike took place in Andikona Square, during the Santamaña festivities, when two Franco-backed planes dropped their bombs.
In the words of the current mayor of Otxandio, EgoitzGarmendia, this was the first air strike on the civilian population in the Basque Country and the "first bombing of the Civil War".
Tribute to neighbors who broke their silence in 1976
The tribute will begin at 6 p.m. this Wednesday witha floral offering at the fountain of Andikona, and next Sunday, in the framework of the festivities, an event will be held in memory of the 61 Otxandians who died at that event.
Moreover, this year will pay tributeto the first step taken in 1976 to remember the events, which were kept secret during Francoism.
On the anniversaries following the death of Franco, the people began to place a bouquet of flowers on the cross of the fountain of Andikona. Years later, a memorial was placed on the facade of number 2 of the same square, the origin of the annual event.
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