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The police in Northern Ireland on Thursday said a man suspected of "Basque separatist activities" has been arrested in Northern Ireland as part of antiterrorist legislation and in collaboration with the Spanish police.
The suspect, aged 40, was arrested in central Belfast and taken to Antrim police station, said a spokesman for the police (PSNI).
The man was identified by Spanish public radio as Fermin Vila Michelena, suspected of belonging to the armed Basque separatist group ETA, and searched by Spanish police for several attacks including a car bomb which killed a Spanish policeman Madrid in July 2001.
This figure has been on the EU list of terrorists "most wanted" since December 2001 , the radio said.
His arrest came after the death this year in Northern Ireland of Jose Ignacio de Juana Chaos , a former leader of ETA believed responsible for the deaths of 25 people in 11 attacks and wanted by Madrid for "glorifying terrorism".
ETA is blamed for 829 deaths and more than a 40-year campaign of assassinations and bombings aimed at forcing the Spanish government to cede the independence of the Basque Country.
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