The suspected political leader of the Basque separatist movement, Eta, has been arrested in a joint Spanish-French operation, Spanish authorities said.
Javier Lopez Pena, alias "Thierry", was arrested with three other Eta suspects in a late-night raid in the south-west French city of Bordeaux.
Eta is blamed for the deaths of more than 820 people in its 40-year campaign for an independent Basque nation.
The group announced a ceasefire in 2006 but formally ended it last June.
The group said it carried out Monday's powerful car bomb attack in Bilbao, the economic capital of Basque separatists mark May Day with bombs ...
Blast near Spanish police station ... Spain's Basque region.
Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriquez rejected a Basque sovereignty plan in a meeting on Tuesday with the premier of the Basque region, Juan Jose Ibarretxe.
(BBC)
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