ETA’s last known chief faces terror charges in Paris

The last known chief of the militant Basque separatist group ETA is going on trial in Paris on terrorism charges. Josu Urrutikoetxea deems the charges “absurd” because of his role in ending a conflict that claimed hundreds of lives in Spain over half a century. He led ETA during one of its bloodiest periods, when its victims included children killed while they slept after a bombing at a Zaragoza police compound in 1987. In a rare interview after 17 years on the run, Urrutikoetxea offered an apology, advised other separatist movements against resorting to violence, and painted himself as a changed man. Masked members of ETA, seen in a video from 2011 (Gara/AP) AP/PA Images / Masked members of...