Car bomb rocks Spanish city.Summary: A car bomb blast has killed a police officer in the Spanish city of Bilbao. A car bomb blast has killed a police officer in the Spanish city of Bilbao. The bomb exploded in a car park in the Santa Isabel Santa Isabel: see Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Santa Isabel or Ysabel Island, central Solomon Islands, western South Pacific Ocean. neighbourhood, Basque Country Basque Country (băsk, bäsk), Basque Euzkadi, Span. País Vasco, comprising the provinces of Álava, Guipúzcoa, and Vizcaya (1990 pop. police said. A cloud of black smoke and flames poured from the car shortly after the attack. "There was an attack, a big explosion, that burnt up the individual inside the car and damaged other vehicles nearby," the Basque Country regional government's spokesman Minister Rodolfo Ares said. Mr Ares identified the victim as police officer Eduardo Puelles. The man's wife, who was not hurt, was attended to by emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' after being overcome by emotion. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but such bombings have regularly been carried out by Basque Basque Spanish Vasco Member of a people of unknown origin living in Spain and France along the Bay of Biscay and in the western Pyrenees mountains in the region of the Basque Country. About 850,000 true Basques live in Spain and another 130,000 in France. guerrillas List of famous guerrillas, ordered by region: Afghanistan
Asked whether Eta was responsible, a police spokesman said: "It definitely looks like that." Eta's last fatal attack was the gunning down of a Basque businessman last December - a long gap without victims for a group which has been hard hit by arrests of a string of its top leaders. In April, police arrested its suspected top commander Jurdan Martitegi, bringing to four the number of commanders caught in less than a year. Analysts say Eta is losing support for its violent methods, although polls indicate a majority of Basques Basques (băsks), people of N Spain and SW France. There are about 2 million Basques in the three Basque provs. and Navarre, Spain; some 250,000 in Labourd, Soule, and Lower Navarre, France; and communities of various sizes in Central and South may still want independence from Spain. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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