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More ETA members identified in killing of French policeman

Mar 19, 2010, 16:52 GMT

Paris - Investigators have identified two more members of the Spanish Basque separatist group ETA who were allegedly involved in Tuesday's killing of a French policeman near Paris, French and Spanish media reported Friday. The basis for the identification was a video made by a surveillance camera at a shopping centre near the crime scene, some 50 kilometres south of the capital. Spanish media said one of the men was believed to be the new ETA leader, Mikel Kabikoitz Carrera Sarobe, alias Ata. The 37-year-old Carrera Sarobe is assumed to have taken the place of Ibon Gogeascoetxea, who was arrested at the end of February in Normandy. The online edition of the daily Le Figaro reported Friday that French anti-terrorist investigators also identified Arkaitz Aguirregabiria-Del-Barrio, 27, described by Spanish police as being a particularly dangerous ETA member. Another five suspected ETA members appeared on the video, including a blonde woman in her thirties who apparently is not known to police. A 52-year-old French policeman was killed in a shootout Tuesday when a police patrol surprised an ETA commando unit refueling cars on a dirt road. The cars had been stolen just hours earlier. Shortly after the incident, French police arrested ETA member Joseba Fernandez Aspurz, alias El Guindi, who is wanted in Spain on several charges of arson.

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