Explosion near Civil Guard barracks in Spain’s Mallorca island; Reports say 2 dead

October 12th, 2009 Man sets off explosion at Italian army barracksMILAN — A Libyan man set off a bomb while trying to enter an army barracks in Milan on Monday, seriously injuring himself and lightly wounding the guard who stopped him, Italian law enforcement officials said. The man attempted to enter the barracks on foot at around 7:45 a.m.

August 10th, 2009 Spanish police unsure if ETA still in MallorcaMADRID —Spanish police said Monday they aren't sure whether the armed Basque group ETA still has a unit on Mallorca following its planting of at least three small bombs on the Mediterranean tourist island. "We have to work on both hypotheses: that they are still here and that they may have quit the island," said Regional Interior Ministry representative Ramon Socias.

August 9th, 2009 Bomb explodes on Spain's Mallorca islandMADRID —A small bomb exploded Sunday in a restaurant on the Spanish island of Mallorca, causing minor damage and no injuries, just over a week after Basque separatist group ETA killed two police officers there, the government said. The attack was staged just hours after ETA published a statement claiming responsibly for four other bombings that killed three people and injured dozens this summer.

August 9th, 2009 2 bombs explode on Spain's Mallorca; no injuriesMADRID —Two small bombs blamed on Basque separatist group ETA exploded Sunday in downtown locations on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca, causing no injuries, the government said. Police defused a third device found nearby.

August 9th, 2009 Bomb explodes on Spanish island of MallorcaMADRID —A small bomb exploded Sunday in a restaurant on the Spanish island of Mallorca, hurting no one, and a second device was deactivated by police, the government said. The attack happened just over a week after the Basque separatist group ETA killed two police officers on the island.

July 30th, 2009 Bomb kills 2 Spanish police officers on MallorcaPALMA DE MALLORCA, Balearic Islands — A powerful bomb on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca killed two police officers in their patrol vehicle Thursday, the second attack blamed on Basque separatist group ETA in two days. Police found a second bomb under another police jeep later Thursday in the same area and carried out a controlled explosion.

July 30th, 2009 Spain bombing kills 2 police officers on islandPALMA DE MALLORCA, Balearic Islands — A powerful bomb on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca killed two police officers Thursday and authorities temporarily blocked all outgoing flights and ships from leaving as part of a manhunt. The blast, blamed on Basque separatist group ETA, targeted a police vehicle.

July 30th, 2009 Spanish police defuse 2nd bomb on MallorcaPALMA DE MALLORCA, Balearic Islands — Spanish police say they are defusing a second bomb on the resort island of Mallorca, after an earlier explosion blamed on Basque separatist group killed two police officers. A police spokesman in Madrid says the second bomb is in the same beach resort area of the Mediterranean island where the two officers were killed Thursday.

July 30th, 2009 Spanish island's airport reopened after bombingPALMA DE MALLORCA, Balearic Islands — Spanish authorities say Mallorca airport has been reopened to outgoing flights after a bomb on the island killed two police officers. The airport was closed to outgoing flights earlier Thursday after police launched a manhunt for suspects in the attack blamed on Basque separatist group ETA.

July 30th, 2009 Explosion kills 2 Spanish police on resort islandPALMA DE MALLORCA, Balearic Islands — An explosion near a police station on a Spanish resort island killed two officers Thursday, a day after a car bombing blamed on Basque separatists injured scores in northern Spain, officials said. The cause of the blast in Mallorca was under investigation and a Civil Guard spokesman in Madrid could not confirm news reports saying the explosion may have been caused by a bomb attached to the underside of a police patrol vehicle.

July 30th, 2009 MADRID - At least two people were killed and several injured in an explosion on Spain's resort island Mallorca, according to media reports Thursday. The explosion was caused by a car bomb outside the Palmanova civil guard barracks, close to the Marivent palace where Spain's royal family is spending its traditional summer holiday, the El Pais newspaper reported.

July 30th, 2009 2 Spanish officers killed in blast on MallorcaMADRID — An explosion near a police station on the Spanish island of Mallorca killed two officers Thursday — a day after a car-bomb attack blamed on Basque separatists left scores injured in northern Spain. A Civil Guard spokesman in Madrid said it was still too early to say what caused Thursday's blast in the Palmanova beach resort area, southwest of the resort island's capital of Palma de Mallorca.

July 30th, 2009 Spain seals off resort island after bombingPALMA DE MALLORCA, Balearic Islands — Spain has blocked planes and ships from leaving the resort island of Mallorca while they hunt suspects in the bombing that killed two police officers. Thursday's blast is being blamed on armed Basque separatist group ETA.

July 29th, 2009 Key moments in ETA's violent campaignKey events in the history of the armed Basque group ETA: July 31, 1959 — Founded by dissident student members of the Basque Nationalist Party. June 7, 1968 — First killing: Civil Guard Jose Pardines Arcay is shot at a checkpoint.

April 22nd, 2009 Soldier apparently killed self after failing testSAN ANTONIO — The military says a soldier who flunked out of combat medic training has been found dead in an apparent suicide at the Fort Sam Houston barracks. Spokesman Phil Reidinger at the base in Texas says Pfc.