Tourists put on alert after Majorca triple bomb attack

MORE than 2,000 Irish tourists on holidays in Majorca have been urged to stay on alert for any suspect packages after a triple bomb attack by terrorist group ETA on the Spanish resort.

Tourists put on alert after Majorca triple bomb attack

In a four-hour period yesterday, three bomb blasts in restaurants and an underground shopping centre caused panic that the holiday destination has become the centre of a sustained campaign by the Basque separatist organisation to destabilise Spain’s vital tourist economy.

Between 2.45pm and 6pm, Spanish police were forced to evacuate bars, restaurants and hotels in the island’s capital of Palma, after it emerged ETA planted three devices in the busy area.

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