Global terror By Mark Mulligan in Madrid
Published: July 30 2009 14:28 | Last updated: July 30 2009 21:32
There were fears of an escalation of violence in Spain by Eta, the Basque separatist group, on Thursday after a bomb placed under a car on the island of Mallorca killed two police officers, the second attack in as many days.
The blast in the heart of Spain’s tourist regions followed a bombing in the northern city of Burgos on Wednesday, which injured more than 60 people in and around a 14-storey barracks complex.
Tourists watch as smoke and flames rise from a car following an explosion outside a Civil Guard police station on Mallorca, in the Spanish Balearic islands. Two police officers were killed in the blast which came a day after another car bombing blamed on Basque separatist group Eta destroyed a police barracks in the Spanish city of Burgos
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