Hipercor S.A. is an upscale chain of hypermarkets in Spain, belonging to the same group as El Corte Inglés.

[1][2] Hipercor generally stocks a wide range of household and food products across large floorspaces (1 or 2 storeys) and are usually located as part of the same building complexes (styled as centro commercial) as the El Corte Inglés department store.

[3] Other 'Cor' supermarkets include SuperCor (average sized units) and OpenCor, smaller convenience stores that open all year round from 07/08:00 and closing at 01/02:00 the following morning.

Santiago Arrospide, also known as Santi Potros, and Rafael Caride Simon were sentenced to 790 years in prison for their role in the attack.

Both Arrospide and Simon were members of the Basque separatist group ETA.