ETA bomb defused

BAYONA - Police bomb disposal experts disarmed a device found in the garden of a hotel in the north western town of Bayona, in…

BAYONA - Police bomb disposal experts disarmed a device found in the garden of a hotel in the north western town of Bayona, in Galicia, Spanish authorities said yesterday.

The building had been evacuated after an anonymous caller, claiming to be from the Basque group ETA, warned of an explosive device in the state owned Parador hotel.

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