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General strike in Sestao to denounce the murder of Juan Manuel Iglesias by the Spanish police

47
years ago

11 January 1977,

In Sestao a general strike was launched to denounce the murder of Juan Manuel Iglesias by the Spanish Police two days earlier. Police charged him with a demonstration in favor of Amnesty, and after beating Juan Manuel, a 15-year-old boy, he had a heart attack while he was being persecuted. There was also a heavy burden on protests alleging death and injuries to four serious people

Source:

Joseba Zabraise, Names to remember (Fundación Memoria Vasca).

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