Police arrest two ETA suspects
27/03/2006 - 19:46:00Basque regional police today arrested two suspected members of the armed Basque separatist group Eta, authorities said.
The arrests were the first following the permanent cease-fire announced by the armed group last week.
The two men, who were not immediately identified, are accused for links to the group in relation to a shootout with two policemen in 2003.
They were detained in the northern Basque city of Bilbao, Spain’s Interior Ministry said.
Eta, blamed for more than 800 killings since launching a campaign for Basque independence in 1968, announced a permanent cease-fire last Wednesday.
It took effect at midnight on Thursday.
Zapatero said on Friday that if the government confirms that the cease-fire is authentic, he will push for peace talks in a matter of months.
