A policeman has been killed and three people have been injured by a car bomb in the northern Basque region of Spain.
A policeman was killed and four people injured when a car bomb exploded in the northern Basque region of Spain.
The bomb was left in a van parked outside a police barracks in the small town of Legutiano, near the Basque capital, Vitoria.
No group has said it carried out the attacks, but the region's governor blamed the Basque separatist group Eta.
It exploded at 0300 (0100 GMT), destroying parts of the building.
Juan Jose Ibarretxe said the group was ruining the name of the Basque people with its campaign of violence.
No group has claimed responsibility, but the authorities have blamed the attack on the militant Basque separatist group Eta.
The bomb exploded outside a police barracks in the small town of Legutiano, near the Basque regional capital Vitoria.
If confirmed, it would be Eta's first fatal attack since Spain's general election two months ago, and the sixth since Eta broke a ceasefire in 2006.
If confirmed, it would be Eta's first fatal attack since Spain's general election two months ago, and the sixth since Eta broke a ceasefire in 2006.
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The dead man, named as 41-year-old Juan Manuel Pinuel-Villalon, died after being trapped under rubble.
"I want to tell Eta not to ruin the name of the Basque people by using us as an excuse for extortion and murder," Mr Ibarretxe told reporters.
Three other people, civil guards and police, were wounded. One is said to have serious injuries.
"We're sick of your violence," he added.
Pinuel-Villalon was trapped under the rubble after the blast
Dozens of people were evacuated from the scene of the blastThe dead man, named as Juan Manuel Pinuel-Villalon, 41, died after being trapped under rubble.
No phoned warning was made before the attack.
Four other people, civil guards and police, were wounded. One is said to have serious injuries.
The bombing, just 15km from the Basque capital Vitoria, comes as the country embarks on a new parliamentary cycle.
Parts of the roof of the barracks were blown off in the pre-dawn blast.
Some 40 people, including women and children, were in the compound when the bomb went off, officials said.
No warning was issued before the attack.
The bombing, 15km (9 miles) from Vitoria, comes as the country embarks on a new parliamentary cycle.
Eta had already staged several low-level attacks following the Socialists' election victory in March.
Eta had already staged several low-level attacks following the Socialists' election victory in March.
Eta was blamed for a bomb blast in April in the northern Basque city of Bilbao, which wounded seven policemen.
Eta was blamed for a bomb blast in April in the Basque city of Bilbao, which wounded seven policemen.
The group said it was behind the murder of a former Socialist councillor outside his home, two days before the 9 March general election.
The group said it was behind the murder of a former Socialist councillor outside his home, two days before the 9 March general election.
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