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| Spain: 7 injured as car bomb explodes outside police station |
| 2008-09-23 |
| (SomaliNet) A car bomb exploded outside a police station in town of Ondarroa in the Basque Country in northern Spain slightly injuring seven people on Sunday, police said. A spokesman for the Basque Country police in Bilbao said three police officers were among those injured after the large bomb went off at about 4.30 a.m. (0230 GMT), and the other four were passers by. None of those hurt was in serious condition, although the bomb badly damaged nearby buildings. According to the spokesman, about two hours before the blast, another big car bomb exploded near the office of Caja Vital bank in the Basque Country capital of Vitoria, but no one was hurt. Police had cordoned off the area in Vitoria before the first explosion, after receiving a warning call in the name of Basque rebels ETA but there was no call before the second blast.- |
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