Suspected ETA car bomb injures two Spanish police

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2007

DURANGO, Spain (AFP) — A car bomb exploded Friday outside a police barracks in Spain's northern Basque region, in what was believed to be the first attack by the separatist group ETA since ending a ceasefire in June.

"Everything indicates it is ETA," a police spokesman told AFP after the blast at around 3:30 am (0130 GMT) slightly injured two members of Spain's military Guardia Civil barracks in the town of Durango.

There was no advance warning and no immediate claim of responsibility from ETA, which formally called off a ceasefire in June.

Spain's director general of police, Joan Mesquida, said the car bomb had used between 80 and 100 kilograms (175 and 220 pounds) of explosive and could have reaped "real carnage."

First Deputy Prime Minister Maria...