Politician Killed in Basque Town
A politician was gunned down in a Basque town in the latest in a series of slayings blamed on the armed Basque separatist group ETA, or Basque Homeland and Freedom. Manuel Indiano, 29, was shot 10 times outside his candy store in Zumarraga, about 250 miles north of Madrid, police said. Indiano died in the town’s hospital an hour after the attack. Although not a member of the governing Popular Party, Indiano became a councilor in Zumarraga for the party six months ago. The conservative party fiercely opposes Basque separatism.
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