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| Security alert at Ibiza airport | Security alert at Ibiza airport |
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| Police have carried out a controlled explosion at the airport on the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza, after the building was evacuated. | Police have carried out a controlled explosion at the airport on the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza, after the building was evacuated. |
| The airport was cleared after Basque newspaper Gara, often used for claims by separatist group Eta, said it had received an anonymous threat. | |
| Spain has been on alert since Eta declared an end to a unilateral ceasefire on 5 June. | Spain has been on alert since Eta declared an end to a unilateral ceasefire on 5 June. |
| Ibiza attracts thousands of mainly European holidaymakers annually. | Ibiza attracts thousands of mainly European holidaymakers annually. |
| Gara said on its website that it had received a phone call warning of an "explosive device" at the airport. | |
| The building was evacuated at about lunchtime and shortly afterwards a low-level explosion was heard. | |
| Some 300 arrivals and departures were scheduled for Saturday, but the airport has been closed to outgoing and incoming flights, said the AENA airport authority, which controls Spain's airports. | |
| Spanish authorities have been braced for a possible attack since Eta announced the end to what it had called a permanent ceasefire. | |
| Despite the ceasefire, two people were killed in a bomb explosion at Madrid's Barajas airport in December. |