The beautiful country of Spain is not stranger to international terrorism and after a brief period of null in terror attacks, Spain today witnessed a massive terrorist car bomb attack that injured numerous police officers and their family members. The car bomb went off before 4.am at a police barrack in Burgos, which located in the northern region of Spain. The explosion rocked the police barracks, that housed about 90 policemen, along with their families.
The severity of the bomb has been deemed intense and it injured 46 people, including six children, which authorities have stated are not grave injuries. The shock wave shattered the windows of the houses and the building near the vicinity of the explosion and sent the car flying high in the air.
The attack has been blamed on the long existing Basque separatist group ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna), which has been long involved in a violent and bloody struggle against the Spanish government to attain a separate autonomous region for the Basques residing in Spain.
The United States of America and the European Union have already categorized ETA as a terrorist organization, that has a kill list of 825 victims due to its numerous deadly spate of terrorist attacks.
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