Basque city car bomb injures bodyguard
{{date|October 9, 2007}}
{{ETA infobox}}A bomb wounded a local politician's bodyguard in the northern city of [[w:Bilbao|Bilbao]] on Tuesday, in an attack a senior [[Spain|Spanish]] Interior Ministry official blamed on the [[w:Basque|Basque]] separatist group [[w:ETA|ETA]].

Spanish media say the injured man is a bodyguard for a town councillor from Spain's ruling [[w:PSOE|Socialist Party]], who was taken to hospital with burns to his face, right hand, and shoulder.  While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, Basque regional government sources said the attack bore the hallmarks of an attack by the armed separatist group ETA.

It comes days after suspected leaders of the separatist party Batasuna were arrested, an action the party described as a "declaration of war".

==Related news==
*{{Wikinews|title=Spain arrests entire leadership of the Basque Separatist Party: 22 detained|date=October 5, 2007}}

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/09/spain.basque/index.html
|title= Bomb in Spanish city wounds guard
|author=
|pub=CNN
|date=October 9, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7035683.stm
|title=Basque city car bomb injures man
|author=
|pub=BBC News
|date=October 9, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,300332,00.html
|title=Bomb Explodes Under Car, Injures 1 in Spain
|author=
|pub=Fox News
|date=October 9, 2007}}

{{publish}}
{{archived}}

[[Category:Europe]]
[[Category:Spain]]
[[Category:Politics and conflicts]]
[[Category:ETA]]

[[ca:Explota un cotxe bomba d'ETA a Bilbao]]
[[es:Un coche bomba en Bilbao deja un guardaespaldas herido]]
A bomb wounded a local politician's bodyguard in the northern city of Bilbao on Tuesday, in an attack a senior Spanish Interior Ministry official blamed on the Basque separatist group ETA.

Spanish media say the injured man is a bodyguard for a town councillor from Spain's ruling Socialist Party, who was taken to hospital with burns to his face, right hand, and shoulder.  While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, Basque regional government sources said the attack bore the hallmarks of an attack by the armed separatist group ETA.

It comes days after suspected leaders of the separatist party Batasuna were arrested, an action the party described as a "declaration of war".
Europe Spain Politics and conflicts ETA