Top Spanish Eta Terrorist Busted in Paris

Eta is blamed for the deaths of more than 820 people in its 40-year campaign for an independent Basque nation. File photo

One of the Spanish militant group Eta's top leaders was arrested Friday in Paris, France.

The suspect was carrying a Magnum revolver and false ID, the BBC reported.

Ekaitz Sirvent Auzmendi is said to be one of Eta's top five leaders, and was wanted in Spain since 2002. He was detained at Montparnasse station in Paris after getting off a high-speed train from Bordeaux, French police explained.

Eta is blamed for the deaths of more than 820 people in its 40-year campaign for an independent Basque nation.

Auzmendi is the fifth member of Eta to be arrested this year in France, which also has an ethnically Basque region, in its south-west.

 

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