Suspected ETA terrorist Ibai Beobide Arza, linked to a bomb attack in Bilbao in December 2008, has been arrested in Guipúzcoa.
Ibai Beobide Arza is believed to have been involved in the bomb attack on December 31st 2008 which damaged the EITB headquarters in Bilbao, a building shared by other media groups such as Antena 3, El Mundo and Onda Cero. The blast, in which around 100 kilos of explosives were used, badly damaged the building but there were no civilian casualties.
Ibai Beobide Arza was cycling between the towns of Asteasu and Villabona when he was stopped by a Guardia Civil patrol. He was armed and carrying false documentation.