2 killed in explosion at Spain's Basque region

GENEVA

Two people have died on Tuesday as a result of an explosion on a street in Spain's Basque region.

The explosion occurred at a park bench at 6:30 p.m. local time (1730GMT) in the Guipuzcoan municipality of Orio, according to the Basque Department of Security cited by local newspaper Noticias de Gipuzkoa.

The report said the two victims were a man and a woman.

Emergency teams are now at the scene, according to the Basque police Ertzaintza.