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Bomb explodes near nightclub in Spain
(AP)
Updated: 2005-12-22 08:25
A bomb exploded near a nightclub in a Basque area Wednesday, but police
cleared the area before the blast and no one was hurt, the Spanish Interior
Ministry said.
Police had been tipped off to the explosive in the back of the building in
the Pyrenees village of Santesteban, about 10 miles south of the border with
France, and cordoned off the area before the explosion, the ministry told The
Associated Press. There was no immediate word on the extent of damage.
The ministry didn't name any suspects. But the Basque newspaper Gara said it
had received a warning of the bomb from a caller claiming to represent the
separatist group ETA, which is battling for an independent Basque state in
northern Spain and southwest France.
ETA is blamed for more than 800 deaths since the late 1960s as part of its
drive for an independent state. The government says ETA has been severely
weakened by arrests in recent years.
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