Police again blamed the Basque terrorist group eta. Within just one week, eta launcTerror Reigns five terrorist attacks inside and outside the Basque county. On Friday, police seized arms and explosives from an ETA safe house in the north. Inspired by the peace process in Northern Ireland, eta declared a truce in September 1998, but, after getting no results, it returned to terror. Since calling off its cease-fire last December, it has killed six people in 13 attacks, extending a bloody record that has left more than 800 dead over the past 32 years.
Spanish officials claim that it merely used the cease-fire to rearm.