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ETA blamed for blasts in northern Spain

Updated: 2008-07-20 21:29

MADRID  -- Three bombs exploded at popular seaside resorts in Cantabria, northern Spain on Sunday, after warning calls from the Basque separatist group ETA.


People gather during a demonstration organized by the political pressure group Foro de Ermua in central Madrid, March 7, 2008. [Agencies]
There were no casualties because the authorities evacuated the areas in response to the warning.

"We received a call at around 10:30 am from someone who said they represented ETA and told us ETA had planted 4 bombs on beaches at Laredo, Noja and Noja golf course," said an emergency services official.

The first bomb exploded at about 6:15 a.m. EDT on a seafront promenade in Laredo, one of northern Spain's most popular holiday destinations, damaging the walkway, breaking windows and sending a 25 meter plume of smoke into the air, an official said.

Holidaymakers had been cleared from the beach 45 minutes earlier and took cover in local cafes and bars which drew down shutters to protect against the blast, witnesses told radio.

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