Alleged Eta member arrested in France

French police have arrested an alleged member of Basque separatist group Eta, Spanish sources said today.

French police have arrested an alleged member of Basque separatist group Eta, Spanish sources said today.

Ainhoa Adin, detained in the French city of Hendaye, is believed to be responsible for several attacks in the 1990s in which three people were killed, local media reported.

Eta has killed around 800 people in a four-decade fight for a Basque homeland separate from the rest of Spain and France.

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