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A car bomb exploded outside a Basque television station in the northern Spanish city of Bilbao today after a warning call from the separatist group Eta.
The blast caused significant damage to the building. No injuries were reported.
Damage to theoffices of the Basque TV station EITB in Bilbao after a car bomb blast. Photograph: Miguel Tona/EPA
Spanish national radio reported that the bomb exploded shortly after 11am (10am GMT) close to the offices of the EITB regional TV station. The building had already been evacuated and the area cordoned off to traffic.
Spain's state-owned TV station broadcast footage of the moment the bomb exploded. The force of the blast blew out the windows of the glass facade and thick smoke partially covered the six-storey building.
It was not immediately clear why Eta chose the Basque-language broadcaster EITB as a target. Several other media outlets are housed in the building, including a bureau of El Mundo newspaper.
Eta has killed more than 825 people since 1968 in its campaign for Basque independence. The group declared a ceasefire in March 2006 that led to peace talks. The truce ended in December the same year when Eta detonated a car bomb that killed two people at Madrid's Barajas airport.
Eta's suspected leader, Aitzol Iriondo, was arrested in southern France on 8 December, three weeks after police caught his alleged predecessor, Mikel de Garikoitz Aspiazu, alias Txeroki.
Car bomb hits Basque TV station | World news | guardian.co.uk
The blast caused significant damage to the building. No injuries were reported.
Damage to theoffices of the Basque TV station EITB in Bilbao after a car bomb blast. Photograph: Miguel Tona/EPA
Spanish national radio reported that the bomb exploded shortly after 11am (10am GMT) close to the offices of the EITB regional TV station. The building had already been evacuated and the area cordoned off to traffic.
Spain's state-owned TV station broadcast footage of the moment the bomb exploded. The force of the blast blew out the windows of the glass facade and thick smoke partially covered the six-storey building.
It was not immediately clear why Eta chose the Basque-language broadcaster EITB as a target. Several other media outlets are housed in the building, including a bureau of El Mundo newspaper.
Eta has killed more than 825 people since 1968 in its campaign for Basque independence. The group declared a ceasefire in March 2006 that led to peace talks. The truce ended in December the same year when Eta detonated a car bomb that killed two people at Madrid's Barajas airport.
Eta's suspected leader, Aitzol Iriondo, was arrested in southern France on 8 December, three weeks after police caught his alleged predecessor, Mikel de Garikoitz Aspiazu, alias Txeroki.
Car bomb hits Basque TV station | World news | guardian.co.uk
