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Car bomb kills Spanish officer | |
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A police officer has been killed in a car bomb attack in the Spanish city of Bilbao, in the Basque region. | |
The attack happened in a car park in the city's Della Pina district. | |
It is not known who carried out the attack, but the Basque separatist organisation Eta has been blamed for previous incidents. | It is not known who carried out the attack, but the Basque separatist organisation Eta has been blamed for previous incidents. |
Eta's violent four-decade campaign for a sovereign Basque state has cost more than 800 lives. The group called off a ceasefire in June 2007. | Eta's violent four-decade campaign for a sovereign Basque state has cost more than 800 lives. The group called off a ceasefire in June 2007. |
The Spanish government had already declared the peace process "finished" after a bomb blast by Eta killed two Ecuadorean men at a Madrid airport car park in December 2006. | The Spanish government had already declared the peace process "finished" after a bomb blast by Eta killed two Ecuadorean men at a Madrid airport car park in December 2006. |
Are you in Bilbao? Were you near the scene of the blast? Send us your comments using the form below. | Are you in Bilbao? Were you near the scene of the blast? Send us your comments using the form below. |
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