Bomb explodes in Spain's Basque region: official

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2008

MADRID (AFP) — A small bomb placed by the separatist group ETA went off overnight at a highway building site in Spain's northern Basque region, a Basque interior ministry spokeswoman said Monday.

The explosion on the A-8 highway near the town of Orio caused no injuries but damaged four vehicles and six shacks used by work crews, she added.

The damage was discovered Monday morning when workers arrived at the site.

The attack targeted two construction firms, Acciona and Fonorte, which are building a high-speed railway linking three Basque cities, the Basque news agency Vasco Press reported.

It is the third time that ETA has set off small bombs on property belonging to firms involved in the construction of the high-speed line linking Bilbao, San...