Spaniards crowd Vitoria's main plaza despite the heavy rain to join a demonstration protesting the killing of Basque Socialist politician Fernando Buesa February 23. Spaniards mounted a wave of protests against the Basque separatist group ETA as politicians suspended election campaigning to unite in condemnation of the latest deadly bomb attack. Socialist politician Fernando Buesa and his bodyguard were killed February 22 after a suspected ETA car bomb exploded in the Basque Country capital.

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