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Spanish police "identify two suspects in Majorca bombings"
Sep 8, 2009, 10:22 GMT
Palma de Majorca, Spain - Spanish police have identified two suspected members of the militant Basque separatist group ETA in bomb attacks which raised fears for the tourism industry on Majorca island this summer, the daily Ultima Hora reported Tuesday.
The young man and woman were suspected of blowing up a police car on July 30, killing the two officers inside, and of planting four bombs which caused no injuries on August 9.
The attacks led to what was described as the biggest manhunt ever on Majorca. They raised fears for the local tourism industry, though tourism professionals said that few tourists cancelled their holidays on the Balearic Island.
The suspects stayed at a hotel in Cala Bona in the east of the island, Ultima Hora said.
They were identified from photographs by a businessman who hired them bicycles. They were not among the six most wanted ETA members whose photographs were distributed by the Interior Ministry following the Majorca attacks, the daily said, without giving their identities.
It was not known whether the two suspects had left Majorca or were still on the island.
ETA, which is listed as a terrorist organization by the European Union and the United States, is held responsible for more than 820 deaths since 1968.
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