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Attack by anarchist Mateu Morral on the king of Spain Alfonso XIII and his fiancée Victoria Eugenia

118
years ago

31 May 1906,

Catalan anarchist Mateu Morral i Roca attacked the king of Spain Alfonso XIII and his fiancée Victoria Eugenia in Madrid. Her wedding was the day and on the way from the Church to the palace, from the third floor of a hostel threw a bomb hidden in a bouquet of flowers.

From this window the explosive Santiago Ochoa is released (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

He hit a tram cable, but he deviated and failed. Kings were saved, but 25 others were killed. The photograph is taken a few seconds later. He was hidden for two days, but he was captured and killed.

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