Wednesday, 11 December 2024

Ex-members of Eta jailed over flowerpot bomb intended to kill journalist couple

Four men given almost 75 years each for attempted murder of Aurora Intxausti, Juan Palomo and infant son in 2000

Four former members of the Basque terrorist group Eta have been jailed for almost 75 years each for attempting to murder two journalists and their toddler son by stuffing a plant pot outside the family’s home with explosives and shrapnel.

Aurora Intxausti, a journalist for El País, her husband, Juan Palomo, a reporter for Antena 3 TV, and 18-month-old son, Íñigo, were targeted as part of Eta’s “socialisation of suffering” terror campaign, which sought to inflict the maximum possible pain across Basque society in order to achieve independence from Spain.

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