The limpet mine was this time attached to an abandoned white Renault Clio parked in Calle Amargura in the city. Before hand the police had used a previous controlled explosion to force the locks of the car and they then evacuated the area before continuing with the operation. City mayor Francisco de la Torre went to the scene of the incident, fundamentally he said to calm local residents.
Police now think that three terrorists are based in the city.
There was a second demonstration for peace in the city yesterday. Meanwhile in the Basque region itself the break up of the pact between the Basque Nationalist Party PNV and the political wing of ETA, EH has got underway. There has been police success against the terrorists in the Basque Country this morning, with a terrorist flat being discovered in Vitoria. The police operation is continuing. The Justice ministers of Spain and Italy, Angel Acebes and Piero Fassino, yesterday signed a protocol of cooperation in the fight against organised crime.