Attempted assassination of Arsenio Martínez Campos

Attempted assassination of Arsenio Martínez Campos
Contemporaneous illustration of the attack
Location	Barcelona, Spain
Coordinates	41°21′36″N 2°7′48″E
Date	24 September 1893 (1893-09-24)
Target	Arsenio Martínez Campos
Weapons	Two bombs
Deaths	2
Injured	16
Assailant	Paulí Pallàs

On 24 September 1893, the anarchist Paulí Pallàs attempted to assassinate Captain General of Catalonia Arsenio Martínez Campos during a military parade in Barcelona. The attackers' two bombs missed their target and only slightly injured the general but seriously injured over a dozen others, with two deaths. The attacker, who did not attempt to flee, was arrested, sentenced to death and executed two weeks later. In his trial, he said he sought to avenge the executions of the anarchists killed following the prior year's Jerez uprising. The attack on Martínez Campos precipitated a series of reprisals that culminated in the assassination of Spanish Prime Minister Cánovas del Castillo in 1897.

Anarchists condemned to death in Jerez

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