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Police deactivate explosive in northwest Spain

15 May 2007 17:32:44 GMT
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MADRID, May 15 (Reuters) - Spanish police deactivated an explosive device at an industrial estate near the town of Lugo in northwest Spain on Tuesday, they said in a statement.

Local news media received e-mails warning of a bomb and informed the police, who sent bomb experts to disarm the device.

A local government spokeswoman could not give any details, but Spanish National Radio said the explosive was packed in a pressure cooker filled with shrapnel.

There was no word on who was responsible.

Spain holds municipal and regional elections on May 27 and tensions are mounting in the Basque Country region, where a new party with links to violent separatist group ETA is trying to present candidates.

Galicia, an isolated region north of Portugal, does not usually suffer from separatist violence. A regional newspaper said on its web page the device targeted a construction company and the e-mail criticised its activities in Lugo.

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