French policemen slain by ETA separatists during the check by Milota Sidorova

France on the chase of members of separatistic group ETA. The incident came late Tuesday after gun attack on French police officer stopping the car for speeding up. While doing routine check, Jean Serge Nerin, 52 was shot to the chest with the bullet tearing the bullet-proof vest. The check turned into a gunbattle after Nerin disarmed one suspect pulling the gun on police. Officers handcuffed the rest of the group when two more vehicles showed up and finished the attack. Nerin succumbed to the wound in the hospital. According Spanish police officials .357 magnum revolver was stolen from the package, assured in October 2006 near Nimes, France.The accident made French public ! and politicians furious, President Nicolas Sarkozy spoke by phone to Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero about increasing efforts to stop and dismiss ETA group. It is the first time French police officer being killed in France by ETA. International community along with EU labeled ETA as terrorist group last years. According them ETA was responsible for more than 828 deaths during its over 40 years long struggle for independence of Basque region. Spanish government's been practicing hard policy against the group since attacks in mid-2007. Spanish-French cooperation led to massive arrest of about hundred of ETA members last year and thirty arrested in 2010. Many of them were arrested in FranceSo far French police has began the investigation, suspecting 6 ETA members including one woman. 27-year-old man, known being a member of ETA was arrested. The police officers called for a peaceful protest for their colleague.

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