Bomb blasts rip through Basque industrial estate

Two bomb blasts ripped through an industrial estate in Spain's northern Basque region early today soon after firemen received…

Two bomb blasts ripped through an industrial estate in Spain's northern Basque region early today soon after firemen received a warning in the name of separatist guerrilla group ETA, police said.

"There have been no injuries, but three trucks were damaged," a local police spokesman said.

The explosions happened in Bedia, Vizcaya province, at around 2.30 a.m. half an hour after firemen received a warning call. The damaged trucks belonged to transport company Azkar.

The attack on the transport and distribution firm comes less than a week after a car bomb was placed by the offices of Spain's second biggest power company Iberdrola in the northern city of Bilbao.

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Police deactivated the bomb after a Basque newspaper received a warning in the name of ETA.

Last month a bomb destroyed a restaurant in the Basque town of Getxo. No one was hurt as police evacuated the venue after a warning. Another car bomb was defused in Bilbao.

Tensions have been running high in the semi-autonomous Basque region since Spain's Supreme Court outlawed the separatist Batasuna party in March, calling it ETA's political wing.