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Saturday 12 January 2008

Hotel Cano in Torrevieja unexploded bomb found

The dynamite-packed explosive were found at the Hotel Cano in Torrevieja .This unexploded bomb had been planted 17 years ago in a resort popular with British tourists has been uncovered
Workmen refurbishing a bathroom after a fire found the device inside a tube left in a false ceiling.
The area was evacuated and disposal experts removed the device.
Designed to target holidaymakers, the bomb was one of three planted in Costa Blanca in 1991 by Basque separatist group ETA.
Two exploded in a restaurant and hotel but the third failed to detonate.
A Spanish government spokeswoman said yesterday: "It was well hidden and badly deteriorated."

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