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Spanish policeman shot dead
A Spanish civil guard policeman was killed and another wounded on Tuesday in a shoot-out with members of Basque separatist group ETA who were on the way to plant a bomb in the capital, officials said. "A civil guard has died from the shots fired by the terrorists, and there is another (guard) injured," Francisco Javier Ansuategui, government representative in Madrid, told CNN Plus television. "The terrorists are members of ETA," he added. Following the shooting in the town of Villalba in the Madrid region, a bomb squad blew up a car near the scene. "(Security officials) exploded a suspicious vehicle using a small amount of explosive and a (second) substantial amount went off which the terrorists were carrying in the car, presumably meant to explode in the streets of the capital (on Wednesday)," Ansuategui added. The civil guards had stopped a suspicious vehicle and one of them was shot at point-blank range as he approached. Police had arrested one person and were hunting for at least one other occupant of the car.Wouldn't want to be the guy they arrested. ETA has killed more than 800 people since 1968 to press its demands for an independent state in Basque areas of northern Spain and southwestern France. Listed as a terrorist organisation by the European Union and the United States, the group has claimed responsibility for 42 killings since January 2000, when it resumed violence after a year-and-a-half ceasefire. Another long running terror war that goes on under the radar. Posted by: Steve 2002-12-17 |
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