Friday, December 5, 2008

Basque militants shot dead a Spanish businessman.

Near the Spanish city of San Sebastian several shots from a handgun killed 71-year-old businessman. Two assailants fled in their car wait, Associated Press reports, citing sources at the Spanish police.
The victim worked for a major construction company, which has been building high-speed railway in the Basque Country. Because the murder occurred two weeks after his arrest in France, the leader of the Basque separatist group ETA Miguel Garikoitsa Aspiazu, alias "Cherokee", which is blamed for several attacks, police sees murder as a response action separatists.
During the armed struggle for Basque independence, which began in the 1960's, ETA has repeatedly declared a ceasefire and move towards peace talks, but did not reach the result is returned to use force.
The last truce was suspended in December 2006 explosion zaminirovannogo car at the airport of Madrid, where two people were killed. Since that time in Spain have been dozens of attacks, mostly bombings.
According to police, at the hands of the separatists have killed 825 people.

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