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Car bomb targets Spain university | Car bomb targets Spain university |
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A car bomb has exploded in a university car park in Pamplona, northern Spain. | A car bomb has exploded in a university car park in Pamplona, northern Spain. |
Several people were slightly injured by the blast at 1110 (1010 GMT) and some cars were set ablaze, the Spanish news website El Pais reports. | Several people were slightly injured by the blast at 1110 (1010 GMT) and some cars were set ablaze, the Spanish news website El Pais reports. |
The University of Navarra is near the Basque Country, where Eta separatists are continuing a violent campaign for independence from Spain. | The University of Navarra is near the Basque Country, where Eta separatists are continuing a violent campaign for independence from Spain. |
The blast prompted an evacuation of the university, which has been targeted by Eta before, El Pais reports. | The blast prompted an evacuation of the university, which has been targeted by Eta before, El Pais reports. |
Unlike previous Eta attacks, there was no prior warning message and so far nobody has claimed responsibility. Windows were shattered in the nearby university building. | |
On Tuesday police arrested four suspected Eta members - three of them in Pamplona. Guns and a large quantity of explosives were also seized in the raids. | |
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. |