Soldier killed in bomb blast

MADRID - A bomb blast killed an army sergeant and narrowly missed a busload of soldiers in Cordoba yesterday in an attack blamed…

MADRID - A bomb blast killed an army sergeant and narrowly missed a busload of soldiers in Cordoba yesterday in an attack blamed on Basque ETA rebels.

The explosion in a rubbish container at a bus stop used by soldiers in the city killed Sgt Miguel Angel Ayllon (27), and wounded another army man and a civilian couple, police said.

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