Small explosion in Spain after ETA call - report

There was a small explosion in a hotel in the central Spanish city of Zaragoza following a telephone warning in the name of ETA…

There was a small explosion in a hotel in the central Spanish city of Zaragoza following a telephone warning in the name of ETA, Spanish state radio reported today.

It did not say whether anyone had been injured.

The Basque guerrilla group ETA has often attacked hotels or major motorways during holiday periods in its campaign for an independent Basque state.

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