A bomb exploded in north-western Spain early Wednesday, but no one was injured, regional officials said as they attributed the attack to a group of radical separatists.
The bomb was placed in the main entrance to the town hall of Baralla, a small village in the region of Galicia. The explosion caused significant damage to the building and nearby houses.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but security forces are working under the assumption that it was carried out by the Galician Resistance separatist group.
“This is the modus operandi of the terrorist group Galician Resistance,” said Samuel Juarez, the region’s government delegate, adding that a separate trial against three members of the group begins next week.
The same group is thought to be responsible for a similar explosion at a Francoist town hall in the town of Beade.
Baralla’s mayor, a member of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s People’s Party, was criticized recently for statements justifying violence committed under the Francisco Franco regime, which ended in 1975.
GNA
