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Offline Bruce Sutherland

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POLICE FOIL UK FERRY BOMB PLOT
« on: July 12, 2007, 11:37:03 AM »
http://www.thisisaberdeen.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=148760&command=displayContent&sourceNode=148586&contentPK=17815771&folderPk=85349&pNodeId=148317
Also reported on Sky/BBC etc.

"Authorities in Spain say they have scuppered a plot by a suspected member of Eta to blow up a ferry carrying thousands of British tourists, it is reported.

Aritz Arginzoniz Zubiarre, believed to be a member of the Basque separatist group, was detained at a bus station in the Spanish port of Santander.

Reports were conflicting about where in Britain the ferry would be headed.

But reports said the suspect had details of at least two potential targets at the time of his arrest.

One was the ferry linking Santander with Portsmouth, which carries up to 2,400 passengers, and another was a court in Santander."

None of the articles i've seen has mentioned the ferry that could have been involved..

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Re: POLICE FOIL UK FERRY BOMB PLOT
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2007, 03:00:23 PM »
The same thing happened a few years back.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1396746.stm

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Re: POLICE FOIL UK FERRY BOMB PLOT
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2007, 03:32:20 PM »
Hi Bruce

This is what ITV News are saying about the incident and name the ferry involved: Pont-Aven

http://www.itv.com/news/world_b76bde4c591fd26f802a428b20e89848.html

"Spanish police foil ferry terror plot
7.45, Thu Jul 12 2007


Authorities in Spain say they have foiled a plot to blow up a ferry carrying thousands of British tourists.

A member of Basque separatist group Eta was detained at a bus station in the port city of Santander on Spain's north coast.

And according to reports the Pont-Aven ferry which sails between Plymouth and Santander twice a week was one of three possible targets.

Police sources said the suspect - Aritz Arginzoniz Zubiarre - was waiting for explosives and a car to arrive before carrying out his attack.

He was allegedly carrying a pistol, a timer and false identity documents when he was arrested and had drawn attention to himself because of a backpack he was carrying.

When officers moved in to identify him he told them he was a member of ETA

Spanish interior minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said: "ETA is going to keep on trying to attack, but we are going to keep on trying to make sure they don't succeed."

ETA has killed more than 800 people since 1968 in its campaign for an independent Basque state.

Pont-Aven operator Brittany Ferries insisted there was no threat to the ferry."

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Re: POLICE FOIL UK FERRY BOMB PLOT
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2007, 04:14:01 PM »
Thanks!

 

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