Spain on alert as blast kills two

Article repprts that there were fears of an escalation of violence in Spain by Eta, the Basque separatist group, after a bomb placed under a car on the island of Mallorca on the 30 July 2009 killed two police officers, the second attack in as many days.

France24, 9.8.09: Three bombs explode in Mallorca; no injuries reported http://www.france24.com/en/20090809-bomb-blast-mallorca-palma-spain-eta-terrorism

Spiegel Online international, 10.8.09: Mallorca Shaken by Series of Bombings http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,641406,00.html

BBC News, 30.7.09: Travel chaos after Majorca bomb http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8176601.stm

BBC News, 9.8.09: Bomb blasts hit Spain's Majorca http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8192267.stm

BBC News, 9.8.09: Eta responsible for police deaths http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8191928.stm

Deutsche Welle, 9.8.09: Two new bomb blasts hit Spain's Mallorca http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4553112,00.html

The Economist, No.8643, 8.8.09: Basque terrorism. Dying spasms http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14191335

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