Spanish police: ETA behind two hotel explosions

Two small bombs exploded today near a state-run hotel in the northern Spanish city of Zaragoza after a warning call from the separatist group ETA, causing no injuries and minor damage, police said.

The devices blew up shortly after 8am local time (7am Irish time) in the surroundings of the Parador de Sos del Rey Catolico, police in Zaragoza said. Zaragoza is 190 miles north of Madrid.

ETA has been blamed for more than 800 deaths since the late 1960s as part of its drive for an independent Basque state in northern Spain and south-west France.

Its last fatal attack came in May 2003 with a car bombing that killed two policemen.

ETA has often attacked hotels or major road during holiday periods.