logo de eitb24
July 07, 2008 | 09:32:20
Basque News and Information Channel

Politics

IN BIDAXUNE, LOW-NAVARRE

Two explosive devices defused in Northern Basque Country

04/23/2008

They were two gas cylinders with explosive materials inside. They were put in front of a state agency and a tourism office but, finally, they did not explode.
The tourism office of Bidaxune. Photo: EITB

amplify image

The tourism office of Bidaxune. Photo: EITB

Two explosive devices put in front of a state agency and the tourism office of the Basque town of Bidaxune (Northern Basque Country), have been defused by bomb disposal experts, authorities reported.

Both were 1.8-kilogram gas cylinders furnished with timers and batteries, to which chlorate bags were put together, official sources reported.

A passer-by discovered the devices, which had not exploded and have been deactivated by bomb disposal experts, the Gendarmerie reported.

Nobody has claimed the attack attempt so far.

Submit this story to:


Search news

© eitb24 - 2008
All Rights Reserved