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NI woman's fear over Majorca bomb | |
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A Belfast woman has spoken of her fear as the bomb that killed two policemen in Majorca exploded outside her hotel. | A Belfast woman has spoken of her fear as the bomb that killed two policemen in Majorca exploded outside her hotel. |
The explosion on Thursday is being blamed on the Basque separatist group Eta. | The explosion on Thursday is being blamed on the Basque separatist group Eta. |
A number of Northern Irish holiday makers were caught up in the attack in the resort of Palmanova. | A number of Northern Irish holiday makers were caught up in the attack in the resort of Palmanova. |
Paula Doak was eating in a ground floor restaurant when the device went off. She said her 18-year-old son was yards from the explosion. | |
"We were just sitting having lunch at a restaurant and there was an explosion and everybody started to run, all the guests in the hotel," she said. | "We were just sitting having lunch at a restaurant and there was an explosion and everybody started to run, all the guests in the hotel," she said. |
"So we ran out of the dining room round to the front because my boy, who is 18, had just left the dining hall. | "So we ran out of the dining room round to the front because my boy, who is 18, had just left the dining hall. |
"I ran out to see if he was anywhere near it. | "I ran out to see if he was anywhere near it. |
"He had been down at the bottom of the other hotel and saw the car go up, the parts of the car lift up into the air. | "He had been down at the bottom of the other hotel and saw the car go up, the parts of the car lift up into the air. |
"So then we were told to get into the hotel. | "So then we were told to get into the hotel. |
"They kept us back into the hotel and then the police and fire brigade came." | "They kept us back into the hotel and then the police and fire brigade came." |