French Police arrest three suspected ETA members in Normandy

Spain''s Interior Ministry says three armed suspected members of the Basque armed group ETA including its "military leader" have been arrested in a village in northwestern France.

It says Spanish and French police arrested Ibon Gogeaskoetxea, suspected of being in charge of ETA''s operations, and two others in Cahan.

Ibon Gogeascoechea, on the run since 1997, was wanted for a plot to attack the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao during a visit by Spain''s King Juan Carlos.

The arrests took place Sunday morning in a joint Spanish-French raid following a long surveillance operation on a rural cottage that had been rented using false identity papers.

All three suspects are wanted by Spain''s National Court on suspicion of involvement in terror attacks.