Spanish PM hails 'Eta' arrests

The arrest of the reputed leader of the armed Basque separatist group Eta has dealt the militant organisation a serious setback, Spain's prime minister said.

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero told reporters the arrest of Francisco Javier Lopez Pena in France along with three other suspected senior members of Eta was "certainly another important step in the victory of democracy against terror".

The arrests by Spanish and French police in a Bordeaux apartment came as Eta wages a sustained campaign of bombings after ending a ceasefire in late 2006.

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