The entrance at number 97 García Barbón had a large hole in a glass door reinforced with metal bars. TEDAX explosive-ordnance specialists from the National Police went to identify the device and rule out further danger. Scientific Police officers examined the scene, and police established a security cordon after residents reported the explosion.
Its type was not yet known, although initial reports described it as possibly a powerful firecracker. Two people dressed in black with their faces covered were seen near the headquarters, where the device had been hung. Their involvement has not been confirmed.
The blast occurred on 11 November during the evening demonstrations linked to Vigo’s general strike. The march began at 18:00 in Plaza de España and brought together unions, tenants’ organizers, neighborhood groups, environmentalists, feminists and student organizations, according to UGT-Galicia. Investigators were considering one hypothesis: a possible connection with threats that several unions were reported to have received in the week before the general strike. The stoppage had drawn mass participation from Vigo residents and had proceeded without major incidents before the explosion. UGT-Galicia described the attack as an attempt to intimidate organized labor and attributed it to what the union called a climate of polarization and hatred.
At that stage, there had been no arrests, while two people had been identified. Elsewhere during the day, a group displaying Tropas de Breogán symbols moved objects from roadworks onto the carriageway on Avenida de Madrid and Martínez Garrido. There were no further consequences.
A separate report on strike preparations in A Mariña covered port and crossing alerts.
