- Title: French police begin to uncover locations of ETA weapons
- Date: 8th April 2017
- Summary: SAINT-PEE-SUR-NIVELLE, FRANCE (APRIL 8, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FRENCH POLICE CHECKING PLASTIC BAGS CONTAINING ETA WEAPONS MAN WALKING IN PARK NEAR SITE OF WEAPONS VARIOUS OF POLICE VAN NEAR LAKE PEOPLE EATING NEAR LAKE / POLICE VANS PARKED VARIOUS OF POLICE AND POLICE VANS
- Embargoed: 22nd April 2017 14:02
- Keywords: Spain France ETA Basque Bayonne seperatist group police weapons
- Location: SAINT-PEE-SUR-NIVELLE, FRANCE
- City: SAINT-PEE-SUR-NIVELLE, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0016BJFE4N
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: French police and bomb disposal experts began to uncover the locations of the weapons of Basque militant group ETA on Saturday (April 8) after it effectively ended an armed half-a-century-long separatist campaign and led authorities to the sites where it said its caches of weapons, explosives and ammunition were hidden.
The Spanish government said ETA's handover of weapons in the French city of Bayonne was positive but insufficient and called on the group to formally dissolve and apologise to its victims.
The caches contain 120 firearms, about 3 tonnes of explosives and several thousand rounds of ammunition, a representative of the mediators - known as "The Artisans of Peace" - Michel Tubiana, told reporters in Bayonne.
A Spanish government source said Madrid did not believe the group would hand over all its arms, while Spain's state prosecutor has asked the High Court to examine those surrendered as possible murder weapons used in hundreds of unresolved cases. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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