Although terrorism in Spain isn´t as much of a problem as it used to be, it is still present At the end of 2008 two members of the Basque terrorist organization ETA shot Iñaki Uria directly into his face before they managed to escape. Uria is the owner of a Basque construction company which is involved in the developement of the high speed train line between Paris and Madrid. ETA dislikes the project – they state that the railway puts in question Basque sovereign territory.
Iñaki Uria had been warned: he had refused to pay the “voluntary revolutionary tax” ETA collects from thousands of Basque businesses, and several of his building sites had been burned down. Inspite of all this he didn´t want bodygards to protect him.
At his funeral a group of Basque businessmen made a statement to the effect, that they wouldn´t let this attac of the terrorist interfere with their business. “This is the best way for us to serve the Basque country” their spokesman said.
Iñaki Uria is the fourth fatal victim of ETA in 2008. In the entire country of Spain and also in the Basque Country itself this new ETA assasination has caused grief and indignation.
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