1,000 years jail for terrorism

THREE members of Basque separatist group Eta were jailed for 1,000 years each yesterday for a bombing that killed two people at Madrid airport.

Spain frequently hands down lengthy sentences in terrorism cases although they are mostly symbolic because the maximum jail sentence a person can serve for a terrorism conviction is 40 years.

The National Court found the three men guilty of murder, attempted murder and taking part in a terror attack in connection with the December 30, 2006, explosion at Barajas airport.

The blast destroyed a five-storey car park, killing two Ecuadorean immigrants and wounding 41 other people.