Bomb Injures 11 in Basque Region
A hidden bomb exploded as police tried to defuse grenades in launching tubes found outside a police station in the Basque region city of San Sebastian, the Spanish Interior Ministry said. The attack injured nine police officers and two bystanders. Officials described the attack as a trap by the Basque separatist group ETA, which has been accused of using rudimentary tubes to hurl grenades in previous attacks, some on police stations. Five of the injured officers were released after being treated in a hospital. The ETA has been fighting for Basque independence from Spain and France for decades.
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