Bilbao - Basque separatist guerrillas set off an explosive device yesterday outside a Bilbao office building, one day before the opening of the Basque city's new Guggenheim museum, officials said. No one was hurt. There was minor damage to property from the explosion, which apparently targeted an employment office.
Separatist group, ETA, warned of the attack in a call to one of their usual outlets, the radical nationalist Egin radio. The radio station contacted police.
Earlier this week, police foiled an attempt by ETA (Basque Homeland and Freedom) to attack the museum during its Saturday inauguration by Spain's king and queen.
Policeman, Jose Maria Agirre, was shot and fatally wounded on Monday when he tried to question two men who were unloading flower pots containing remote-control grenades outside the museum entrance.