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| At least two Civil Guard officers have been killed by a car bomb blast outside a barracks in the west of the Spanish island of Majorca, officials say. | At least two Civil Guard officers have been killed by a car bomb blast outside a barracks in the west of the Spanish island of Majorca, officials say. |
| The vehicle parked near the facility in Palmanova exploded shortly before 1400 (1200 GMT), close to Marivent Palace, where Spain's royal family is staying. | The vehicle parked near the facility in Palmanova exploded shortly before 1400 (1200 GMT), close to Marivent Palace, where Spain's royal family is staying. |
| The blast comes a day after a car bomb targeted a barracks in the mainland city of Burgos, injuring 46 people. | The blast comes a day after a car bomb targeted a barracks in the mainland city of Burgos, injuring 46 people. |
| Police blamed the Basque separatist group, Eta, for Wednesday's attack. | Police blamed the Basque separatist group, Eta, for Wednesday's attack. |
| The BBC's Steve Kingstone in Madrid says Eta, which has been blamed for more than 820 deaths during its decades-long campaign for an independent homeland in Spain's Basque region, will again be the focus of police inquiries. | |
| On Friday, the group will mark the 50th anniversary of its founding. | |
| Patrol car | |
| A spokeswoman for the civil guards told the AFP news agency that the two officers killed in Thursday's attack had been inside a patrol car parked outside the El Foc barracks when the bomb exploded. | |
| I was having lunch when I heard the explosion and I saw the trees move because of the loudness of the explosion Dave Wilkinson | |
| Several other people were also said to have been injured by the blast, which happened in a busy area where there is also a post office and health centre. | |
| Dave Wilkinson, who was having lunch at a restaurant in the area at the time, told the BBC that he had heard a loud explosion and seen a black plume of smoke rising. | |
| "We ran around the corner to see what had happened and saw a car on fire parked on the left-hand side of the road," he said. | |
| "Across the road, there was a man lying on the floor and another two people with him doing CPR." | |
| "A police car came and officers said to get back as there may be another bomb and that the area wasn't safe. Two or three helicopters were circling over the area," he added. | |
| No warning | |
| Security sources told the Spanish news agency, Efe, that the bomb had probably been planted underneath the patrol car and had been detonated when they got into the vehicle or turned on the engine. | |
| The car bombing in Burgos caused extensive damage but no deaths | |
| A similar method was used in Eta's last fatal bombing in June, when a senior police officer was killed by a car bomb in the city of Bilbao, in the Basque Country. | |
| Thursday's attack was the deadliest since two Spanish undercover policemen were shot during an operation in south-western France in December 2007. | |
| The powerful car bomb blast which hit a police barracks in Burgos on Wednesday caused extensive damage but only minor injuries. | |
| The explosion, which happened without prior warning at around 0400 (0200 GMT), destroyed the lower floors of the building and left a deep crater in the ground. Wreckage was found 70m away. | |
| Nearly 100 police officers and their family members were sleeping inside at the time. Forty-six people, including children, were hurt by flying glass. | |
| There was no claim of responsibility, but local politicians and police were quick to blame Eta, saying it was an attempt to take lives and cause maximum damage. | |
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