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Today it is 25 years since ETA murdered the workers of Elektra in San Sebastian Josu Leonet and José Ángel Santos

With the intention of killing socialist councilman Iñaki Dubreuil, ETA detonated the car bomb on 22 February 2001 near the Martutene railway station, killing the two workers at the Elektra factory and wounding Dubreuil and five others.
A picture of the attack. Stock Photo: EITB

25 years ago and one day today, on 22 February, ETA killed two workers in San Sebastian, Josu Leonet and Jose Angel Santos, both workers at the Elektra factory, who were on their way to work when they were hit by a car bomb detonated near the Martutene railway station.

Leonet, born Tolosarra and 31 years old, and José Ángel Santos, 40, of Galician origin, died there; six others were injured in the attack, including Dubreuil himself.

Since 2022 there has been a commemorative plaque for both workers near Martutene station. 

 

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