The French are obviously not having a good week. After rail staff sent hundreds of travellers to ‘le wrong country’, various beaches were closed to bathers after reports of a shark (turned out to be a dolphin) and a huge crocodile (turned out to be un piece of wood). Better safe than sorry, though…Le Croc…
Mystery tour
“I’d like a ticket to…” “Here you are sir” “But I haven’t told you where I’m going!” “Not necessary, sir, we’ll leave that up to the French. Have a nice journey. Next!”
Industrial action by French workers causes flight cancellations and delays
A strike yesterday by French air traffic controllers resulted in the cancellation of 79 of the 286 scheduled flights between Spain and France.
Four ETA members detained on France
Four members of ETA, including one man thought to be involved in the shooting of a French Gendarme, have been detained by the French Police in collaboration with the Guardia Civil.
Three more ETA members detained in France
Three more ETA members, including one of the top leaders, have been arrested in France bringing the total number of ETA members detained so far this year to thirty-two.
Armed ETA suspect detained in France
French National Police officers have arrested a suspected ETA member near the town of Poitiers after his car broke down.
Two alleged ETA terrorists arrested in France
Two more suspected ETA terrorists have been arrested in the French town of Montpellier.
ETA member detained in France has been identified
The alleged ETA member detained in France after he sought hospital treatment for a gunshot wound to the hand has been identified as 23 year old Ibai González Suescún.
Wounded ETA member at French hospital
A man turning up at a French hospital this morning for treatment to a wounded hand was discovered to be an ETA member. The security forces are currently trying to figure out his identity and how he came to be wounded.
Another ETA hideout found in France
The security forces in France continue to discover ETA hideouts in the south of the country, fourteen of them so far in a little over one week.