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| Suspected ETA bombing kills policeman in Spain |
| 2009-06-20 |
| [Beirut Daily Star: Region] A powerful car bomb exploded Friday near the Basque city of Bilbao, killing a policeman in an attack blamed on the separatist group ETA. In what appeared to be the first ETA killing since December, the bomb went off in a parking lot in Arrigorriaga. Amateur video footage obtained by AP Television News showed flames shooting out of the vehicle. The victim was a member of the Spanish National Police, said the Basque interior minister, Rodolfo Ares. Basque President Patxi Lopez, a Socialist handling his first bombing since taking power in May, blamed ETA and vowed to crush the group. "We are going to do away with them," he said. "They have shown us the path to pain. We are going to show them the path to jail." Spanish news reports said the bomb was attached to the underside of the car and went off when the officer started the engine. This is a technique often used by ETA. Ares said he could not yet confirm the details of the attack. The officer was identified as Eduardo Antonio Pueyes Garcia, 49, a married father of two. The newspaper El Pais said he was a senior officer with a unit assigned to fighting ETA. |
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