Spanish authorities have thwarted a major terrorist attack by the Basque separatist group ETA planned for a summit of Latin American and European leaders.
Two suspected ETA members who were arrested yesterday had stashed nearly 440 pounds of explosives, along with detonators, automatic weapons and false license plates in an apartment in the centre of the capital, according to Madrid’s regional governor, Mr Francisco Javier Ansuategui.
"It was a real arsenal," Ansuategui told a news conference with the heads of the National Police and Civil Guard.
Mr Ansuategui said the explosives were found in an apartment on Piamonte Street, near the National and Supreme Courts. Another 88-pound charge was discovered in the outskirts of the capital in a stolen car linked to the detainees.
AP