The Araba Public Prosecutor's Office opens the way to reparation for the victims of March 3
Although two judicial proceedings were formally instituted, the prosecution notes that the murders of 3 March 1976 went unpunished.
March 3 victim support mural in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Stock Photo: EITB
In connection with the massacre on 3 March, the Public Prosecutor's Office in Álava, in collaboration with the Office of the Attorney-General of the State, announced this morning the opening of voluntary judicial proceedings for the shooting of five workers by the National Police in Vitoria-Gasteiz on 3 March 1976.
It is a mechanism provided for in the Democratic Memory Act 2022. It is not a criminal proceeding in fact, but it will open the way for recognition of what happened and reparation for victims.
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