Last member of Franco regime targeted in explosion
The last surviving member of Gen Francisco Franco's fascist regime, Manuel Fraga, has been the symbolic target of an attack in Spain.
3:21PM BST 26 Sep 2011
Two small explosive devices were detonated outside the childhood home of Mr Fraga in the northwestern region of Galicia.
He served as a minister in Gen Franco's government and went on to found the conservative Popular Party (PP) after Spain's transition to democracy.
The blasts early Monday morning in the town of Vilalba in Lugo province, blew out windows and damaged the facade of the house, which has been converted into a museum by the PP and is to be inaugurated on Friday.
The homemade devices were composed of explosive power of the kind used to make fireworks and butane gas canisters used for camping stoves, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry said.
No-one was hurt in the blasts, police said, and there have been no immediate claims of responsibility.
Mr Fraga, who is 88 years old and still serves in the Senate, announced earlier this month that he will retire from politics with the next general elections, set for November 20.
The autonomous region of Galicia has its own armed separatist movement, Resistencia Galega, REGA, that has claimed responsibility for dozens of attacks against political party offices and banks across the region.
