Manuel Pardiñas Serrano (1880 or 1887 – 12 November 1912) was a Spanish
anarchist who assassinated
José Canalejas, the
Prime Minister of Spain
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. Pardiñas shot Canalejas in front of the San Martín Library in
Madrid
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on 12 November 1912. Pardiñas then turned the gun on himself and committed suicide. He was reportedly from the town of
El Grado
El Grado is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to 2009 data (INE
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in the
province of Huesca
Huesca ( an, Uesca, ca, Osca), officially Huesca/Uesca, is a province of northeastern Spain, in northern Aragon. The capital is Huesca.
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Spanish anarchists
Anarchist assassins
1880s births
1912 suicides
Spanish assassins
Suicides by firearm in Spain
Assassins of heads of government
People from Somontano de Barbastro
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