the toilets of a hamburger restaurant, located a few meters from a tourist office, the Alicante town of Torrevieja. No one died or was injured, although it caused serious material damage. September 24: bomb planted at the Civil Guard post on Navarrese-Gipuzkoan border near Berasategi kills Juan Carlos Beiro Montes, head of the Leitza Guardia Civil unit. 2003 February 8: A senior police officer is shot dead in the town of Andoain, Gipuzkoa. February 18: A 6 kg bomb placed in front of an Ertzaintza police officer house in Murueta, Biscay is defused by police. May 30: A car bomb explodes in Sangüesa, Navarre, killing two police officers and injuring 2 people. June 14: A car bomb loaded with 30 kg of explosive is defused by police in Bilbao. June 19: A 5 kg bomb explodes in a power transmitter in Iurreta, Biscay. No one was injured. June 23: A powerful bomb explodes in a hotel in Getxo, Biscay after a warning call from ETA. No one was injured, but the hotel was heavily damaged. July 1: A car bomb loaded with 15 kg of explosive is defused by police in Bilbao. The attack was afailed attempt to kill police officers with bomb traps. July 6: A bomb goes off in front of a transportation company in Bedia, Biscay. No one was injured. July 13: Police defuse a bomb placed by ETA inside a hotel in Pamplona. July 22: Two bombs explode in hotels in the cities of Alicante and Benidorm, injuring 13 people, among them police officers and foreign tourists. July 24: A bomb goes off in front of a court house in Estella, Navarre. 1 person was injured. July 27: A car bomb exploded in a parking lot at Santander Airport. No one was injured after a warning call from ETA. July 31: A 5 kg bomb placed in front of a transportation company in Azkoitia, Gipuzkoa is defused by police. Hours later, a bomb explodes in a car dealership in Lejona, Biscay. No one was injured. August 14: Police defuse a 20 kg rucksack bomb in Briviesca, Burgos. A passer-by had spotted a suspicious package and called police. September 14: ETA members ambush two Ertzaintza police officers in an Álava road after faking a car accident. An ETA member died during a shootout with the officers. October 12: Two bombs explode in Irun, Gipuzkoa causing great damage