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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. | 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 had just left the dining hall. | "So we ran out of the dining room round to the front because my boy 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." |
| The mother said her son had seen "the car go up - the parts of the car lift up into the air. | The mother said her son had seen "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 in the hotel and then the police and fire brigade came." | "They kept us in the hotel and then the police and fire brigade came." |
| Ms Doak said the hotel they were staying in was "about 50 feet away from the police station". | Ms Doak said the hotel they were staying in was "about 50 feet away from the police station". |
| "I felt scared, shocked - experienced Belfast over again with the explosion, but we thought it was a gas explosion at first," she added. | "I felt scared, shocked - experienced Belfast over again with the explosion, but we thought it was a gas explosion at first," she added. |
| "Then someone said terrorists had left a bomb in a police car and two policemen were killed. | "Then someone said terrorists had left a bomb in a police car and two policemen were killed. |
| "My son is OK, he had never experienced anything in Belfast, because he is only 18 so the Troubles were more or less over by the time he was growing up. | "My son is OK, he had never experienced anything in Belfast, because he is only 18 so the Troubles were more or less over by the time he was growing up. |
| "He didn't really panic about it." | "He didn't really panic about it." |
| Thousands of tourists were affected as some flights were turned back or diverted to other Spanish islands following the explosion. | |
| Flights out of the airport in the capital Palma were suspended for several hours and those flying to the island from the UK also faced delays. | |
| Spain said the blockade was meant to "prevent the terrorists from fleeing". Police said a second unexploded device was found near the explosion site. | |
| The blast came a day after a similar attack in northern Spain injured 46. | |
| The government has blamed both on Eta. | |
| Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero described the killings as "vile" and paid tribute to the Civil Guards. | |
| He said the killers would be caught. | |
| Eta has been held responsible for more than 820 deaths during its decades-long campaign for an independent homeland in Spain's Basque region. | |
| The bombs came ahead of the 50th anniversary of Eta's founding, on Friday. |