Explosion hits parking lot in Madrid airport

MADRID: A car bomb exploded in a parking lot at Madrid's international airport on Saturday after an anonymous telephone warning, Spanish police said.   

Spanish state radio reported that a separate caller claiming to be a member of Basque guerrilla band ETA said the group had planted the bomb, which, if confirmed, would mean the end of a ceasefire declared in March.   

Barajas Airport's Terminal Four was evacuated after a warning was telephoned to motorway rescue services in the Basque Country, state radio reported.   

Police said they did not know if anyone had been hurt in the blast, but state radio said two police officers who were looking for the suspect vehicle were slightly injured.   

ETA declared a ceasefire in March after four decades of armed struggle for independence of the Basque Country in which it killed more than 800 people.   

Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced in June that he would start a peace process with ETA but the group said in November that it would break off contacts unless there was quick progress in separate talks over the future of the Basque Country.