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| Bomb blast targets Basque TV site | Bomb blast targets Basque TV site |
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| A car bomb has exploded near the offices of a Basque television station in Bilbao in northern Spain. | A car bomb has exploded near the offices of a Basque television station in Bilbao in northern Spain. |
| The blast happened minutes after the building had been evacuated, following a warning call in the name of the Basque separatist group Eta. | The blast happened minutes after the building had been evacuated, following a warning call in the name of the Basque separatist group Eta. |
| Spanish media said there was structural damage to the building, but no casualties have been reported so far. | Spanish media said there was structural damage to the building, but no casualties have been reported so far. |
| Eta's violent four-decade campaign for a sovereign Basque state has cost more than 800 lives. | Eta's violent four-decade campaign for a sovereign Basque state has cost more than 800 lives. |
| A Basque police spokesman said Wednesday's blast near the Basque Radio-Television (EiTB) offices happened at 1105 (1005 GMT) and the area around the building had been evacuated and cordoned off. | A Basque police spokesman said Wednesday's blast near the Basque Radio-Television (EiTB) offices happened at 1105 (1005 GMT) and the area around the building had been evacuated and cordoned off. |
| The explosion smashed the building's windows and left a thick pall of smoke hanging over the area. | The explosion smashed the building's windows and left a thick pall of smoke hanging over the area. |
| The suspects are believed to have commandeered a car, because its owner was found tied up in the rural Arrigorriaga area near Bilbao. | The suspects are believed to have commandeered a car, because its owner was found tied up in the rural Arrigorriaga area near Bilbao. |
| Eta called off a ceasefire in June last year. | Eta called off a ceasefire in June last year. |
| The Spanish government had already declared the peace process "finished" after a bomb blast by Eta killed two Ecuadorean men at a Madrid airport car park in December 2006. | The Spanish government had already declared the peace process "finished" after a bomb blast by Eta killed two Ecuadorean men at a Madrid airport car park in December 2006. |