Spanish police say they have detained a group of people suspected of belonging to a cell of the Basque separatist organization, ETA.

Reuters news Thursday quotes officials as saying the detainees were planning a bomb attack during a European Union summit in Barcelona next month.

Earlier Thursday, authorities blamed ETA for a bomb explosion in a suburb of the northern Spanish city of Bilbao that injured several people. No one has claimed responsibility for the incident.

Authorities say the injured include a local Socialist political official Esther Cabezudo and her bodyguard, who were taken to a hospital.

ETA has frequently staged deadly attacks in its 33-year campaign for creation of an independent Basque state in northern Spain and southwestern France. The Attacks have cost more than 800 lives.

Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters.

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