Spain set to vote with ETA in spotlight after assassination

Channel News Asia 21 months ago

Spain set to vote with ETA in spotlight after assassination

MADRID : Spain votes in a general election on Sunday, two days after the Socialist government's record in battling ETA was thrust into the spotlight when a gunman believed to belong to the Basque separatist group shot dead a former city councilman. Full Article at Channel News Asia

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Together we will put an end to this scourge which has been attacking Spanish society for decades
SOURCE: Channel News Asia 21 months ago
Everyone knows what I think. Only the terrorists are to blame. The only option is to defeat them with the law. They should lose all hope of achieving their political objectives
SOURCE: Channel News Asia 21 months ago
ETA has killed a Socialist former councilman ... vile and cowardly act.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times 21 months ago
It was clear that ETA wanted to get someone during this campaign and it managed to do that today, probably because it managed to catch someone who was undefended and with no bodyguard
SOURCE: The Seattle Times 21 months ago
We knew that ETA could still cause irreparable damage and pain to Spaniards ... Today they have added another victim to their long and ignominious list.
SOURCE: WHDH-TV 21 months ago
They have once again killed a person and destroyed a family
SOURCE: The Telegraph 21 months ago
I think the attack may mobilise a sympathy vote for the Socialists, particularly among young voters
SOURCE: Financial Times 21 months ago
We should all stand by the family of Isaias Carrasco and remain united, united against Eta. The guilty ones are terrorists, Eta assassins, and the only option is to defeat them with the law, the security services and the unbreakable will of 45 million Spaniards.
SOURCE: The Independent 21 months ago
This is a vile and cowardly act which deserves our total rejection. A vile and cowardly act by a band of murderers who are never going to conquer the will of Spanish democracy
SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 21 months ago
Early this afternoon ETA ... murdered Isaias Carrasco ... This is a vile and cowardly act which deserves our total rejection. A vile and cowardly act by a band of murderers who are never going to conquer the will of Spanish democracy.
SOURCE: Globe and Mail 21 months ago

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