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| ETA terrorists surprised during target practice | |
| 2007-03-28 | |
Forest rangers heard gunfire and initially thought they were hunters who were breaking local regulations. But when they found an abandoned car full of ammunition, they realised it was something more sinister. In fact it was a stolen car fitted with false number plates. However, police failed to find the ETA suspects. They appear to have been practising with automatic pistols. A security source said it appeared ETA had carried on stealing cars. In the past year, they had been linked to the theft of 13 vehicles. In 2006, they stole a record 71 cars. | |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #3 Thanks for filling in the details. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-03-28 07:27 |
| #2 They appear to have been practising with automatic pistols. IIRC, the discovery (not often in the act) of "target practice" in french forests is not that unusual, be it from terrs or run-of-the-mill gangsters; I remember police finding a car carcass which had been used repeatedly for RPG practice, for example, a couple of years ago I think. Also, JFM is quite right, "rangers" would be garde-champêtres, that is non LE types, but local village employees. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-03-28 05:09 |
| #1 In fact French police has been fighting ETA much mà ore actively than the Spoanish one (headed by Zapatero, who probably owes them his victory). About the article: there is not such thing as rangers in France. These were more probably garde-champetres (village police officers who are supposed to deal with drunkards or property trespassers |
| Posted by: JFM 2007-03-28 04:56 |