Eight bombs exploded at the base of a Spanish electricity pylon near the French border on Sunday, after a warning from Basque separatist group ETA, an official said. Police deactivated eight other devices that had not blown up, the official said. The blasts were small and the high-tension tower in the northern region of Aragon remained standing, though power was briefly interrupted while explosives specialists deactivated the remaining devices, a national government representative in the region said. He had earlier said only four bombs were found on the tower. Police blew up a bomb found on Saturday on another pylon near France, after a caller claiming to represent ETA said the group had put bombs on two electricity towers run by grid operator Red Electrica. The Basque guerrillas, who regularly target Spain's key tourist industry, appear to have adopted a new tactic of sabotaging the country's power infrastructure. ETA has killed nearly 850 people since 1968 in a violent campaign for an independent Basque state in northern Spain and southwestern France. Spain, the United States and the European Union consider ETA a terrorist organisation.
