Ambroos Station bombing

The Ambroos Station bombing was an bomb attack by Barzona Libre on Ambroos Station in Koningstad the 16th of April, 1977. This was their worst attack up to that point, even more notorious due to the death of popular actor James Gunn following the attack.

Background
From 1976 Barzona Libre heavily ramped up their attacks, especially on policemen. In 1977 they had already bombed a cafe in Brezonde in which three were injured.

The attack
Stolen Exo 3 explosives were placed in three suitcases which were then taken to the station and placed on one of the platforms. As the police was on the lookout for suspicious activity and objects, the man carrying the bags bought a ticket and waited with them until the last minute.

At 17:14 in the afternoon, the bombs went off, blowing a large hole in the platform and smashing glass on a waiting train nearby. The blast and the platform collapse led to 15 people being wounded, including four police officers. They were all taken to the Royal Koningstad Hospital. James Gunn, an actor, received several fragments to the chest area and died the night of the 16th as they were being removed.

Aftermath
Much of the city was shut down as the National Police and Royal Guard were out in numbers. Fear and panic spread, though no other attacks occurred for quite some time.

Barzona Libre took responsibilty for the bombing and gave an apology for Gunn's death, though not for the attack itself. In the following days there was a significant outburst of condemnation at BL. The bombing was responsible for them losing much of their support.