Ibiza police detonate suspicious parcel : June 30, 2007 - 11:04PM

Police detonated a suspicious parcel at Spain's Ibiza airport after the airport was evacuated following a bomb warning, newspaper El Pais reported on Saturday. Earlier El Pais said a small bomb had exploded, without providing further details. The island is currently enjoying the start of the high tourist season, traditionally a magnet for thousands of British and German holidaymakers. The airport was evacuated after Basque newspaper Gara, the habitual mouthpiece of Basque separatist guerillas ETA, received a telephoned warning, Gara said on its website. The caller did not say whom they represented. Police officials confirmed earlier that Ibiza airport had been evacuated after a bomb alert, but declined to comment further. Basque rebels ETA said on June 5 they were calling off a 15-month-old ceasefire, which it had already effectively broken by bombing Madrid airport in December. Spain's Socialist government had attempted peace talks with ETA last year but called them off after the Madrid bomb, which killed two people. The armed separatists have killed more than 800 people in four decades of armed struggle for independence of ancient Basque territories in northern Spain and southern France. Polls show most inhabitants of the Basque Country, which already enjoys considerable autonomy, do not want to full separation from Spain.