Saturday, August 1, 2009

Spain closes Majorca after bomb attack ...


ITN

Majorca is in shutdown after a bomb explosion killed two police officers outside a barracks.

The Civil Guard officers died when their booby-trapped car exploded in the town of Calvia.

Several others were injured in the blast.

Reports by local newspaper El Mundo suggest that another device has been found at the barracks.

It comes just a day after a bomb attack in the northern Spanish city of Burgos which injured at least 46 people.

Police have closed the borders of the island to stop the suspects from escaping. The airport has been closed, but planes already in the air will be allowed to land.

Holidaymakers face being stranded.

The attack has been blamed on the Basque separatist group ETA.

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