Spain’s interior minister today dismissed as speculation a newspaper report that the armed Basque separatist group Eta will declare a truce in the next three months.

Spanish police probing the armed Basque separatist group Eta arrested a 75-year-old Benedictine monk today.

Spain vowed today to crush the Basque separatist group Eta following the arrest of its alleged leader and seizure of a vast weapons arsenal in raids in France described as virtually decapitating the organisation.

Written off in recent months as possibly moribund after a string of arrests and thwarted attacks, the Basque separatist group Eta demonstrated today it’s still capable of spectacular violence.

Powerful explosions rocked three Madrid rail stations today – just three days before Spain’s general election – killing at least 131 rush-hour commuters and wounding more than 400 in what officials called the deadliest attack ever by the Basque separatist group ETA.

Spaniards fell silent today in protest at the latest killing blamed on Basque terrorists – a police chief who was also a peace activist in a town governed by Eta’s political wing.

A Spanish newspaper executive was shot today in the first killing blamed on the Basque terrorist group Eta since elections 10 days ago dealt a severe blow to its political wing.