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French police find still more ETA arms caches

Aug 25, 2009, 10:24 GMT

Madrid - French police on Tuesday found two more arms caches of the militant Basque separatist group ETA, bringing the total to 12 in six days and the amount of seized explosives to nearly a ton, Spanish police sources said. The network of arms caches was discovered in southern France following the capture of three ETA suspects in the French Alps on Wednesday. Most of the caches were located near small villages in the south-east. One of the two caches found on Tuesday, located in Herault department, contained 190 kilograms of explosives, bringing the total confiscated by police to about 900 kilograms. Police have also seized weapons, munition, virgin car registration plates, and materials for making dozens of bombs which can be attached to vehicles. That method was used in the Basque region and on the island of Majorca to kill three police officers this summer. The discovery of the arms caches was thought to have reduced, but not eliminated ETA's capacity to carry out further attacks. The caches were found following the arrest of ETA's suspected logistics chief Aitzol Etxaburu and two others. ETA, which is listed as a terrorist organization by the European Union and the United States, is held responsible for more than 820 killings since 1968.

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