The car bomb attack carried out in the University of Navarra he October 30, 2008 He almost caused a massacre on a campus that housed thousands of people and was in full swing. The explosion, which occurred at 11 a.m.to leave 168 people injured and caused significant material damage. This act of terrorism took place at a time and place where the attendance of students, teachers and workers was very high, thus increasing the devastating potential of the attack.
This Monday, two former members of the terrorist organization ETA accepted this Monday their participation in a car bomb attack perpetrated October 30, 2008 in the University of Navarrawhich caused numerous injuries and significant material damage.
THE National court accepted the trial Iurgi Garitagoitia And Joanes Larretxeawho joined the command Ézuste and those who have already accumulated heavy prison sentences for other attacks, like the one that ended the life of the businessman Ignacio Uria.
With a request from Prosecutor’s Office of 21 years in prisonboth sat in the dock for the crime of theft of a terrorist vehicle, another for terrorist attacks and 103 injury fouls. THE private accusationfor its part, raises its request for conviction considering that they have committed several crimes of terrorist injury.
At the start of the trial, both limited themselves to admitting the indictment of Prosecutor’s Office.
“I just want to say today and here that I recognize the facts,” said the first. “Yes, I recognize the facts,” added the second.
Garitagoitia And Larretxeadetained at 2009 in Franceare accused of planning, among other things October 2008 and February 2009detonate a car loaded with explosives in the parking lot of the campus University of Navarrain front of the library Humanities.
According to the taxhe October 29 a vehicle was stolen from Zumaia (Guipuzcoa) and loaded a timed electrical priming and activation device into their trunk; The next day, they parked it at the aforementioned campus, where it exploded at 11 a.m. “causing injury to 168 people who had to be treated in the city’s various medical centers.
Several security force officers who testified at the trial supported indications that the command Ézuste was at the origin of this terrorist action which, at the beginning – as they explained – did not seek to cause so much damage, although there was a lack of communication on the part of the organization.
One of them mentioned a note found in the diary of Mikel Garikoitz Aspiazu, Txerokiwhich referred to a quote with “Ezu“, reference which deduces the Civil Guardalludes to Ézusteeven if this appointment did not take place because he was arrested in December 2008.
They also alluded to the discovery by the police of a communication addressed to this command and bearing a signature that the agents attributed to the management body of Military ETA.
In reference to the attack perpetrated in the University of Navarraan agent explained that ETA referred to Opus Dei as “the enemy” because said university center had trained journalists “with a lot of prestige” and the group considered that he was not addressing “his cause with the media”.
Their explanations contributed to Prosecutor’s Office and the private accusation made their conclusions and their request for conviction final, considering that there is “sufficient evidence of the accusation”.
The explosion caused extensive material damage and affected 98 vehicleson the right wing of the main university building and other buildings. This also caused a crater in the asphalt of 154 cm wide, 27 cm in length And 10 cm deep. The estimated expenses to repair the damage amount to 2.1 million euros.
