Car bomb in Spain outside Police Barracks, Dozens injured

The bomb exploded about 4 a.m. local time and left a large crater that filled with water.

Early Wednesday morning a powerful car bomb exploded in front of a police barracks in Burgos, Spain. The attack was blamed on the Basque separatist group ETA.

There were around 120 people in the barracks and surrounding buildings, a third of whom were children. The Basque Terrorist Group ETA did not call in a warning and therefore the building could not be evacuated.

The barracks houses police officers and their families. 46 people have been slightly injured.38 of the injured were treated in local hospitals. Many of the injured were Civil Guard police officers and their families.

Members of Spain’s paramilitary Civil Guard often live in barracks with their families.

Most of the injuries were from flying glass, and 38 of the wounded were treated in hospitals, the Interior Ministry said. Officials expressed surprise that no one was killed in the blast, which blew off the facade of the building.

The bomb exploded about 4 a.m. local time and left a large crater that filled with water. The car used for the explosion had been displaced about 70 meters.

Source: NowPublic.com