The survivors of terrorism: The wounded and abducted by ETA

  • María Jiménez Ramos Universidad de Navarra
  • Gaizka Fernández Solevilla Centro Memorial de las Víctimas del Terrorismo
Keywords: ETA, terrorism, victims, wounded, Basque Country

Abstract

Studies on the effects of ETA terrorism have carried over for years the deficit of information on those injured by terrorist attacks. These people have since had to live with the physical and psychological consequences of the attack. Act No. 29/2011 on the Recognition and Comprehensive Protection of Victims of Terrorism established, five decades after the start of ETA terrorist activity, a system of compensation to which survivors were entitled and which led to the creation of an official register of injured persons. This article based on the study and analysis of this register, which was handed over by the General Direction for the Support of Victims of Terrorism (Ministry of Home Affairs) to the Victims of Terrorism Memorial Centre, and updated in April 2020. Firstly, a review is made of the gradual incorporation of the figure of the injured into Spanish legislation. Then, the overall data are described. And finally, the direct relationship between the evolution of ETA’s terrorist strategy and the consequences it had on the 2,632 people officially recognised as being injured by the organization is demonstrated.

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Published
2022-10-14
How to Cite
Jiménez Ramos M. y Fernández Solevilla G. (2022). The survivors of terrorism: The wounded and abducted by ETA. Historia y Política, 47, 355-389. https://doi.org/10.18042/hp.47.12