1.   Also this week, hooded youths firebombed a Civil Guard police barracks while another gang torched a cafeteria run by a member the Popular Party.

2.   Also Tuesday, a gang torched and destroyed a cafeteria run by Popular Party member Modesto Fernandez Doval in the nearby city of Bilbao.

3.   Before fleeing in a getaway vehicle, the four-man gang torched the two cars which had blocked the path of the cash transporter.

4.   The gangs also torched several derelict buildings in Belfast and Londonderry, hijacked vehicles and set them on fire.