1985 El Descanso bombing
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The 1985 El Descanso bombing was a bomb
attack against the El Descanso restaurant
just outside Madrid
, Spain
, late on April 12, 1985. The explosion killed 18 Spaniards and injured 82 others, including 11 American servicemen, who were believed to be the target of the attack. American servicemen who worked at nearby Torrejón Air Base frequented the restaurant.
Spanish Interior Minister Jose Barrionuevo blamed the Islamic Jihad Organization
, which claimed the blast, for the bombing. However, the case was closed in 1987 due to a lack of arrests.
In 2005, Spain requested Mustafa Setmariam Nasar
's extradition from Pakistan for his role in the bombing.
Improvised explosive device
An improvised explosive device , also known as a roadside bomb, is a homemade bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action...
attack against the El Descanso restaurant
Restaurant
A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
just outside Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain
Spain
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, late on April 12, 1985. The explosion killed 18 Spaniards and injured 82 others, including 11 American servicemen, who were believed to be the target of the attack. American servicemen who worked at nearby Torrejón Air Base frequented the restaurant.
Spanish Interior Minister Jose Barrionuevo blamed the Islamic Jihad Organization
Islamic Jihad Organization
The Islamic Jihad Organization – IJO or Organisation du Jihad Islamique in French, but best known as ‘Islamic Jihad’ for short, was a fundamentalist Shia group known for its activities in the 1980s during the Lebanese Civil War...
, which claimed the blast, for the bombing. However, the case was closed in 1987 due to a lack of arrests.
In 2005, Spain requested Mustafa Setmariam Nasar
Mustafa Setmariam Nasar
Mustafa bin Abd al-Qadir Sitt Maryam Nasar is a suspected al-Qaeda member and writer. He has held Spanish citizenship since the late 1980s following marriage to a Spanish woman....
's extradition from Pakistan for his role in the bombing.