The Spanish security forces are investigating the possible presence of members of the Basque Terrorist group ETA in the city of Zaragoza. It comes as a car was exploded in a controlled explosion in Benabarre in Huesca yesterday when found to be containing 100 kilos of explosives. The car, a Renault 19, had false number plates and is thought to have been stolen in France.
Police believe it was abandoned by a female driver after breaking down.
A local paper has claimed that the Ministry of the Interior has identified the terrorists concerned, but this has been denied by the ministry itself. In a separate incident last night the Basque police force , the Ertaintza removed a home-made explosive device that had been placed on the outside wall of the home of a professor at the Basque country university. There were other incidents of street violence in San Sebastian yesterday is it was celebrating it's city fiestas. The ambiguous comments reported yesterday from Xabier Arzalluz and the Basque Nationalist Party PNV have now also been attacked by the spokesman for ETA's political wing EH, Joseba Permach. The Mid august holiday turnround and bank holiday in Spain were noted by the lack of hold ups on the country's roads, but also by the high number of accidents.