French policeman killed in suspected ETA attack by Magdalena Rosova

On Tuesday a French policeman in a Paris suburb stopped a car for speeding and consequently was shot and killed. French police accused the Basque separatist group ETA of the murder. Six suspected members of ETA are being searched by French police. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon called the Tuesday's events a "cold-blooded assassination by a terrorist group" and vowed to punish those responsible. French anti-terrorism police arrested a 27-year-old member of ETA and is still searching for five others, including one woman. The incident took place near Dammarie-Les-Lys, southeast of Paris. The victim was 52-year-old Jean Serge Nerin. He stopped car for high speed and ! after a routine police check he was fatally shot to the chest, the shot tore through his bullet-proof vest. President Nicola Sarkozy telephoned to Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and they decided to redouble efforts to destroy ETA. For more than 40 years ETA has waged an armed fight for an independence for Basque region of northern Spain and southwestern France. ETA was banned by the European Union and the United States as a terrorist group and is blamed for 828 deaths. After long negotiations with Zapatero's government ETA decided to attack and cancel negotiations. The Spanish government adopted a firm line against the group. About 100 members of ETA were arrested in 2009 and 30 have been arrested since the beginning of this year. Many of the members were arrested in France, because Spanish and French police closely cooperate on ending ETA in the countries. However, ETA has not claimed responsibility for the assumption of the French policeman ye! t.

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