Blast outside Basque region court
October 05, 2008 00:00:00
SPAIN, Oct 4 (Agencies): A bomb has exploded outside a court in Spain's north-eastern Basque region, after a warning from Eta, the armed separatist group, Spanish media report.
The small blast went off at 0115 (0015 BST) in the town of Tolosa and no injuries were reported.
The device was reportedly left in a rucksack on the steps of the court.
The attacks come at a time of increased turbulence in Basque politics after Spanish courts banned two Basque parties over their links to Eta.
Spanish public television station TVE said a man claiming to represent ETA called the Basque traffic department to warn of an imminent blast about half an hour before the explosion.
Eta's four-decade campaign to set up an independent state straddling northern Spain and south-western France has led to more than 800 deaths.