Basque ETA confirms disarmament April 8: letter to BBC

The Basque separatist group ETA has confirmed it will disarm on Saturday, in a letter published by the BBC.

File photo of thousands of people protesting during a demonstration against the dispersion of terrorist group ETA's prisoners held in Bilbao. Source: EFE

"'Disarmament day' is tomorrow," the group said in a letter published in English and Spanish and dated April 7.

In the note, addressed to the international community and published by the BBC late Thursday, ETA said it had given up "all its weaponry (arms and explosives) to Basque civil society representatives" and described itself as a "disarmed organization".