Man shot dead ahead of polls in Spain

A Socialist former legislator was shot dead in Spain's northern Basque region yesterday, the regional government said, two days before the country holds general elections.
The former town councillor and member of Spain's ruling Socialist Party was shot in the Basque town of Mondragon, a spokesman for the Basque interior ministry told AFP.
"We have just confirmed that the person who died was a former Socialist town councillor in the town of Mondragon," the spokesman said.