ETA claims bombing, maintains cease-fire
Basque separatist group ETA claimed responsibility Tuesday for a car bombing that killed two people, but insisted a “permanent” cease-fire it called in March remained in force and that the deaths were unintentional. In a statement sent to pro-independence newspaper Gara, ETA blamed the Spanish government for hindering a peace process launched with the truce announcement and said ETA reserved the right to respond if the government keeps up “aggression” against the movement. Full Story