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World Service,24 Jan 2017,9 mins

The Atocha Lawyers Massacre in Spain

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In January 1977, fascist gunmen killed five people at a left-wing law firm in Atocha Street, Madrid. The murder was a turning-point in Spain's transition to democracy. Simon Watts talks to Alejandro Ruiz-Huerta Carbonell, the last survivor of the killings. (Photo: A monument to the Atocha Street Lawyers in Madrid. Credit: Getty Images)

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