The Assassination of Spain's Prime Minister

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On December 20, 1973 Luis Carrero Blanco, the Spanish PM was killed by a massive bomb which was detonated under his car in Madrid. It had been planted by the Basque separatist group ETA. He had been right-hand man to Spain's dictator Francisco Franco.Photo: Spanish police examine the aftermath of the bomb attack. Hulton Archive/Getty Images.