BILBOA Spain (Reuters) - Armed Basque separatist group ETA has dismantled its military wing and set up a group to finalise the deactivation of any remaining weapons and explosives, according to an ETA statement in a Basque newspaper on Sunday.
The announcement in Gara newspaper is the latest step toward full disarmament for ETA which called an unilateral ceasefire in 2011. More than 800 people have died in almost four decades of attacks by the group.
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