ETA bomb plotters get 2,775-year sentences

A Spanish court sentenced two members of the armed Basque group ETA to 2,775 years in prison each for planting a bomb on a train packed with holiday travellers heading to Madrid on Christmas Eve of 2003.

Fri, 06 May, 2005 - 17:07

The bomb – set to explode in the Spanish capital’s Chamartin rail station - was found hours before the train arrived and no-one was injured.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Madrid Place: Chamartin rail station Place: Irun Place: France Place: Burgos Place: San Sebastian Place: Spain Person: Garikoitz Arruarte Santacruz Person: Gorka Loran Lafourcade Person: Arruarte Person: Loran Event: Christmas Eve Organisation: ETA Organisation: Basque

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