Councillor's murder overshadows Spanish election

Spaniards are voting today in a general election overshadowed by a killing blamed on Basque separatists that evoked memories of the 2004 election in which Islamic militants killed 191 people in bombings aimed at bringing down a conservative government.

Socialist prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, elected after those attacks, is seeking a second term and favoured slightly over the conservative Popular Party led by Mariano Rajoy, who lost in 2004.