Spanish police on Sunday defused two bombs planted outside a courthouse in Getxo, a town in the Basque region of Biscay, local police said.
Police found the first bomb, which contained 5 kg of potassium-chloride-based explosives, after a telephone tip-off at 6:15 a.m. (0515 GMT).
The caller said he was speaking on behalf of illegal armed Basque separatist group ETA, adding that the device would be detonated at 6:45 a.m. (0545 GMT).
A homemade device, comprising a pressure cooker packed with explosives, a fuse and a timer, had been left inside a backpack beside the court's main door, where it was defused, police said in a statement.
About eight hours later, police returned and found the second bomb, apparently designed to injure disposal officers as they worked on the first one.
The second device, with 3 kg of explosives, was found in a garbage can after police scanned CCTV footage and found images of two men placing the first bomb then leaving another object in a nearby refuse container.
The Spanish government says ETA, which has seen several of its members arrested this year, has been weakened since failed peace talks in 2006.
Last December, the Spanish government broke off peace talks with ETA after the group killed two people in a car bombing at Madrid airport.
Source: Xinhua
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