ETA defends use of violence

The armed Basque separatist group ETA defended its use of violence today, saying in a video that the conflict will only be over when the northern Basque region achieves self-determination.

“When the rights of our country and its people are recognised, the conflict will be over,” three ETA members say in the video sent to the radical Basque daily Gara. Excerpts of the video were published on Gara’s website.