Silent vigils to police chief killed by 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.

Silent vigils were staged at noon outside town halls around Spain, from Madrid in the centre to Valencia in the south-east and up north in Andoain, the Basque town where Joseba Pagazaurtundua, 45, was shot as he sat in a coffee shop on Saturday.