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Basque city car bomb injures man | |
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A car bomb has injured a man believed to be a politician's bodyguard near the centre of Bilbao in Spain's Basque Country, local police sources say. | |
It went off under the vehicle in the city's La Pena de Bilbao neighbourhood near the historic centre. | |
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. | |
It comes days after suspected leaders of the banned separatist party Batasuna were arrested - an action the party described as a "declaration of war" | |
Spanish media say the injured man is a bodyguard for a town councillor from Spain's ruling Socialist Party, who is believed to be unhurt. | |
A police spokesman said "one person [had] left the vehicle" after it caught fire, without giving further details. | |
The most senior Batasuna official still at liberty, Pernando Barrena, warned of a "new cycle of violence" in Spain following the arrests last week. | |
Police had detained 22 people in the town of Segura, on the orders of top anti-terrorism judge Baltasar Garzon. | |
It is believed that Batasuna leaders were meeting there to transfer control to new party leaders. | |
Mr Garzon led moves to outlaw Batasuna five years ago, accusing it of being a front for the armed separatist group Eta. | |
Earlier this year, Eta called off a 15-month ceasefire. |