The office of Spanish National Television in San Sabastian was attacked with gasoline bombs, although damage was minimal. A tourist agency in a nearby town and a bank in Bilbao also were the targets of firebombs. This type of attack has become routine in the Basque country. The Spanish interior minister, Jaime Mayor Oreja, says ETA has been recruiting their commandos from the ranks of pro-ETA youth gangs. Consequently, they have not been as meticulous and efficient in carrying out attacks as their predecessors.
Police say they are disorganized, imprudent and leave clues.
Most of those arrested as suspected members of ETA commandos in Madrid on Monday and Bilbao on Friday are in their early twenties and have been members of the pro-ETA youth group, Jarrai, which is blamed for most of the street violence in the Basque country. Mr. Oreja said ETA's Vizcaya commando cell, based in Bilbao, was completely dismantled on Friday, barely three months after the terrorists they replaced were blown up by the explosives they were transporting to carry out an attack. Police exhibited weapons, explosives and other articles seized in the operation against the Vizcaya commando. They included false license plates, bomb detonators, handguns and enough dynamite for 50 car bombs.