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| A bomb has exploded outside a court in Spain's north-eastern Basque region, after a warning from ETA, the armed separatist group, Spanish media report. | A bomb has exploded outside a court in Spain's north-eastern Basque region, after a warning from ETA, the armed separatist group, Spanish media report. |
| The small blast went off at 0115 (0015 BST) in the town of Tolosa and no injuries were reported. | The small blast went off at 0115 (0015 BST) in the town of Tolosa and no injuries were reported. |
| The device was reportedly left in a rucksack on the steps of the court. | The device was reportedly left in a rucksack on the steps of the court. |
| The attacks come at a time of increased turbulence in Basque politics after Spanish courts banned two Basque parties over their links to Eta. | The attacks come at a time of increased turbulence in Basque politics after Spanish courts banned two Basque parties over their links to Eta. |
| Spanish public television station TVE said a man claiming to represent ETA called the Basque traffic department to warn of an imminent blast about half an hour before the explosion. | |
| Eta's four-decade campaign to set up an independent state straddling northern Spain and south-western France has led to more than 800 deaths. | |
| The group resumed its campaign of violence in December 2006, following the failure of secret dialogue with Spain's Socialist government. | |
| Last month, eight people were arrested after a series of car bombs in northern Spain which killed a Spanish army officer and injured several others. |