Spanish army officer shot dead

MADRID - A Spanish army officer was shot dead outside his Madrid home yesterday by a woman in an attack followed moments later…

MADRID - A Spanish army officer was shot dead outside his Madrid home yesterday by a woman in an attack followed moments later by a bomb blast in a nearby shopping centre's car park which injured one person, emergency services said.

The Spanish authorities blamed the attacks on the Basque separatist organisation ETA.

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