Spanish Police Arrest 36 Basque Rebel Youth Group Members

A Spanish policeman escort a woman (R) after she was arrested early morning in San Sebastian, Basque Country, northern Spain on 24 November, as part of a police operation against outlawed Basque nationalist youth group Segi, youth branch of Batasuna. EPA/

At least 36 people have been arrested overnight in Spain as part of a police operation against a banned youth group linked to radical Basque separatism.

Officers raided a number of properties in the Basque region and the neighbouring province of Navarra, the BBC reported.

They were reportedly acting on documents seized earlier this year after the arrest of an alleged senior member of the militant group Eta.

Eta has waged a 41-year campaign for an independent Basque homeland.

The group, which ended its most recent ceasefire in June 2007, is blamed for more than 820 deaths in that period. This year, the group has killed three Spanish police officers using car bombs.

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