Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, or ETA, is a Basque nationalist paramilitary organization active in Spain and France.  The organization's goal is sovereignty for Basque Country and it uses both political and violent means to further its cause.
A powerful bomb preceded by a warning call exploded in the Basque city of Bilbao, in northern Spain, injuring seven police officers. Basque separatist group ETA was blamed.
The blast occurred outside an office of the ruling Spanish Socialist Party, and happened after a telephone warning. The building was seriously damaged.
The warning call came a half hour before the explosion, but a police patrol in the area had already spotted a suspicious package near the building.  The officers were cordoning off the area when the bomb blasted. Seven were treated for minor injuries.
The bomb blast comes a day after Spain's parliament opened a new session. Five weeks ago, the Socialist Party was also directly attacked when ETA killed a town councilman in the northern Basque town of Mondragon. 


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Bomb hurt seven police in Basque city of Bilbao