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The 2008 Getxo bombing occurred on 19 May 2008, when a van bomb went off outside a boat club in the town of Getxo, Biscay in the Basque Country, Spain. The attack caused serious damage to the club, as well as nearby buildings and structures. No one was killed or injured after a warning call from the Basque separatist organisation ETA. On 31 May, the organisation claimed responsibility for the bombing.〔 〕 Five days before the attack, another ETA car bomb in a Civil Guard barracks in Legutiano, Álava killed a Civil Guard member and injured four. Both attacks were blamed on the Biscay cell of ETA led by Arkaitz Goikoetxea Basabe, which was most active after the end of the 2006 ceasefire, and was responsible for several attacks in the region during 2007 and 2008. Most of the cell members, as well as the participants in the attack, were arrested in July 2008.〔 〕 The attack came hours before a meeting by Spanish Primer Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Basque lehendakari Juan José Ibarretxe to discuss the Basque Conflict. On the same day of the attack, a memorial service for victims of terrorism was held in San Sebastián.〔 〕 ==Background== Getxo, a wealthy seaside suburb near the city of Bilbao, has been the location of several ETA attacks during the Basque conflict, with most of the attacks being carried out in the ''Las Arenas'' neighbourhood, home to many businessmen and entrepreneurs.〔 〕 Three civil guards were killed in an ambush in Las Arenas in October 1978.〔(Otro criminal atentado en Bilbao ), La Vanguardia, 24 October 1978, p13〕 In 2000, a car bomb injured seven on June 25, and four people were wounded in another car bomb attack on July 24. On January 22, 2001, Ertzaintza members deactivated a car bomb and judge Jose Maria Lidón Corbi was shot dead on November 7. On April 20, 2002 a car bomb exploded in front of the house of a businessman, who had been kidnapped in 1996. A bomb exploded inside a hotel on June 23, 2003, while another car bomb went off on January 18, 2005, injuring one.〔 〕 On November 11, 2007, two booby trap bombs failed to explode in front of a courthouse.〔 The same boat club had already been attacked by bombs on March 12, 1969 and on December 30, 1971. On November 26, 1973 six ETA members set fire to the club.〔 〕 2008 was ETA's deadliest year since the end of the 2006 ceasefire.〔 〕 In mid 2006, the organisation declared a ceasefire, and conversations between Batasuna, ETA and the Basque and Spanish governments started. Peace talks ended in December, when ETA broke the truce with a massive car bomb at Madrid-Barajas Airport. ETA officially ended the ceasefire in 2007, and resumed its attacks around Spain. At the same time, dozens of members were arrested by Spanish and French police. Despite that, the organisation did not lose the capacity for carrying out attacks.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2008 Getxo bombing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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