BASQUE NATIONALS ATTACK SPAIN IN 28-YEAR-OLD DIVERSITYCONFLICT


Basque Separatists Attack Spanish Civil Guard
A Continuation of a 28-Year-Old Basque Civil War for Independence

(Monday, July 15, 1996, AP, OCHAGAVIA, Spain.) The armed Basque separatistgroup ETA fired two grenades at a Civil Guard barracks in the northern townof Ochagavia on Sunday, causing damage but no injuries.

ETA hid an improvised grenade launcher with a 12-hour timer in a buildingunder construction 250 yards in front of the barracks where 18 Civil Guardslive with their families, a police spokeswoman said. Two of four grenadesmisfired, one fell short, and another broke through a third-floor window.The family who lives there was on vacation.

The community is about 40 miles northeast of Pamplona. ETA, a Basque-languageacronym for Basque Homeland and Liberty, has carried out similar attacksin its 28-year violent campaign for independence for Spain's northern Basqueprovinces.

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