Shortly after the attack the terrorists got rid of evidence in a car bomb explosion some 400 metres away. The killing is thought to have happened at around 10 o clock, but the body was not found until an hour and a half after that. He was minister for health between 1982 and 1986 and currently gave business classes for the Central university in Barcelona and kept a second home in San Sebastian. He was 63, separated from his wife and with three daughters. He had recently joked on the Cadena SER radio station, where he was a regular contributor, that he intended to live to 104.
Police remain at the scene in the hunt for clues.
A demonstration has been called for 7,30pm tomorrow in the Paseo de Gracia in Barcelona. Explosives experts carried out a controlled explosion on a booby trapped car in Irun yesterday. Ir n. One 27 year old civil guard was slightly injured in that attack and the second grenade failed to explode which it was misfired into a nearby school patio where a group of 30 children were playing. There were no injuries there. Garc n dismissed an appeal made by the journalist.