The World - News from Sept. 10, 1985
Basque separatist guerrillas set off a car bomb in central Madrid, wounding 16 guards aboard a bus and two passers-by, one an American engineer jogging past, Spanish state radio reported. The American was identified by hospital sources as Ken Brown, 40, an employee with the Johnson & Johnson company who was staying at a nearby hotel. He suffered serious neck wounds. State radio reported that the guerrilla group ETA (Basque Homeland and Freedom) claimed responsibility for the attack.
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