The murder of Miquel Grau Gómez occurred on 6 October 1977 in the city of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain. Grau, a young native of Rafal (Alicante), was killed by a brick thrown at him by Miguel Panadero while putting up posters calling for the National Day of the Valencian Country. Panadero was a militant of the extreme right party New Force. Murder On 9 October 1977, the National Day of the Valencian Country was to be celebrated legally for the first time. In the run-up to 9 October, various political parties coordinated the putting up of posters in Alicante. On the night of 6 October 1977, four members of a group organized by the Communist Movement of the Valencian Country were in the Plaza de Los Luceros putting up posters which called for the pre-Diada (the day before 9 October). They were Llum Quiñonero (24), Miquel Grau (22), Juan Ángel Torrerosa (19) and Javier Álvarez (14). A New Force militant, Miguel Ángel Panadero Sandoval, threw a brick from his balcony which hit Grau on the head and left him in a coma. With the help of a passing driver, he was taken to the Hospital 20 de Noviembre, where he was admitted; ten days later, on 16 October, Grau died of his injuries. Funeral and burial Grau's funeral, organized by eighteen political parties and trade union centres, was celebrated at the San Martin church of Valencia. According to El País, 7,000 to 10,000 people attended the funeral, occupying the church and the surrounding streets. A militant of the Communist Movement of the Valencian Country read a text in eulogy: Grau was buried in the Nuestra Señora del Remedio cemetery in Alicante. 18,000 people joined the procession in order to accompany his coffin to the cemetery; however, acting under orders from the Civil Governor, anti-riot squads of the Armed Police blocked the procession and took the coffin from them in order to move it quickly to the cemetery by car. The police attacked and dispersed the crowds who tried to reach the cemetery. Trial, sentence and pardon Miguel Ángel Panadero turned himself in to the police in October 1977. The trial was held on 2 June 1978 in the Provincial Court of Alicante. Spanish law allows for additional third-party prosecutions in criminal trials ("acusación popular" or "popular prosecution"); therefore, in addition to the public prosecutor, there were two popular prosecutions: one