ETA suspects held in swoop

THE suspected leader of Basque separatist group ETA’s armed cells and three other alleged members of the organisation were arrested in France, Spanish and French officials said.

ETA suspects held in swoop

The arrests came in a joint raid by French and Spanish police in Willencourt in northern France, officials said.

ETA declared a ceasefire in September and went further in January by calling it permanent, raising hopes for an end to Europe’s last armed political militancy. But the Spanish government is insisting ETA dissolve.

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