Spanish radio host's nine lives

Madrid - A suspected member of the armed Basque separatist group ETA yesterday told a Spanish High Court judge he had tried unsuccessfully…

Madrid - A suspected member of the armed Basque separatist group ETA yesterday told a Spanish High Court judge he had tried unsuccessfully to kill a well-known radio journalist eight times.

He said he had become obsessed with killing Mr Luis del Olmo, the host of one of Spain's most popular morning radio shows. In December, a police officer was shot dead after surprising two ETA members on their way to kill Del Olmo in Barcelona.

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