Basque militants ETA have put some arms beyond use say monitors

BILBAO, Spain (Reuters) - Armed Basque separatist group ETA has put some of its arsenal of guns and explosives beyond use, an international group monitoring a ceasefire said on Friday, but it was unclear how much of the weapons stockpile had been scrapped.

The move by the Basque group is similar to the decommissioning process in Northern Ireland, where nationalist and pro-British paramilitaries disposed of their weapons in front of independent witnesses as part of a peace deal.