Eta responsible for police deaths
Sunday, August 9, 2009 @ 5:30 PM
The Basque separatist group, Eta, has claimed responsibility for a series of recent bombings in Spain, including one which killed two Civil Guards in July.
In a statement sent to the Basque newspaper, Gara, Eta said it was also behind a car bomb attack which killed a police inspector two months ago.
It said the policeman, Eduardo Puelles Garcia, was a "despicable torturer".
Eta has been blamed for more than 820 deaths during its campaign for an independent Basque homeland in Spain.
The most recent bombings, on the island of Majorca and the northern town of Burgos, came ahead of the 50th anniversary of its founding.
'Political solution'
The two Civil Guards who were killed in the Majorcan resort town of Palmanova on 30 July, Diego Salva and Carlos Saenz de Tejada, had been inside a patrol car parked outside their barracks when a bomb planted underneath it exploded.
Several people were also injured by the powerful blast on the busy road, which sent the vehicle flying through the air and set it on fire.
The attack was the deadliest since two Spanish undercover policemen were shot during an operation in France in December 2007.
Source: BBC News