At least one person injured in Spanish car bomb attack

At least one person injured in Spanish car bomb attack

A car bomb has exploded outside a barracks in Spain injuring at least one person. The attack comes just a day after a town councillor from the country's ruling party was shot dead in Malaga. Both attacks are thought to have been carried out by the Basque separatist group, ETA.

Yet again there is blood on the streets of a Spanish city. Last night, a town councillor in the popular Costa del Sol resort of Malaga was the latest to lose his life. The six bullets found at the scene were the calibre favoured by ETA. Jose Carpena was shot dead outside his home as he was getting into his car. He died in front of his wife and daughter. Police immediately cordoned off the area, fearing that a booby-trapped car might explode when the authorities arrived at the scene.

At lunchtime today, there was a second explosion. This time it was in the north of the country outside a barracks. One woman was injured. Both attacks are being blamed on the Basque separatist group ETA. Just yesterday police released security camera footage, which shows two members of the group leaving a car bomb in the centre of Madrid last Wednesday. They can be seen priming the device and then they walk away from the car. Twenty minutes later the bomb exploded. Ten people were injured. Incredibly no-one was killed.

Today, the family and relatives of Jose Carpena are grieving his murder. If the latest fatal attack is the work of ETA, it brings to six the number of people the organisation has killed since it called off its 14-month ceasefire last year. With no political talks on the horizon, there is no sign the killing will end.