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| Eight injured as ETA booms Costa Brava |
| 2003-07-22 |
| Eight people, including four policemen, have been injured in two bomb blasts in popular Spanish beach resorts, police say. A first explosion at a hotel in the heart of the Mediterranean town of Alicante injured four people and just minutes later a second blast in the nearby resort of Benidorm injured four policeman. The hotels had been evacuated minutes before the devices exploded around midday local time, following an anonymous call to the Basque newspaper Gara by someone claiming to speak on behalf of the armed Basque separatist group ETA. The Alicante blast occurred just a short distance from the local offices of the ruling Popular Party of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar. More from Beebs, courtesy of Steve... Two bombs have exploded in the Spanish resorts of Alicante and Benidorm, injuring at least nine people. The devices went off minutes apart in the Hotel Residencia Bahia in Alicante city centre and in the Hotel Nadal in Benidorm. Hospital officials were quoted as saying that British, Russian and Swedish people were among the injured. Four police officers in Benidorm were also among the injured. Officials said no-one was believed to be seriously hurt. The blasts came after Basque separatist group ETA warned that bombs had been planted in the two Costa Blanca resorts. Both hotels had been evacuated minutes before the explosions, following the warning that the devices would explode at 1230. But Spanish reports said both devices went off shortly after 1200 — well before the time stated in the warning. I’ve got a feeling that this conflict will never end. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Iberian Notes thinks that w/the 9 moneymen bagged in Mexico yesterday, things'll quiet down. On the whole ETA is stupid. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-7-22 11:23:22 PM |