The US Embassy in Madrid received a letter with a bomb: the same packages were sent to many officials in Spain - ForumDaily
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The US Embassy in Madrid received a letter with a bomb: the same packets were sent to many officials in Spain

The US Embassy in Madrid received a letter containing a bomb. Similar "messages" were sent to the Ukrainian Embassy in Spain and other government agencies. Alarabia.

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Spanish police have blown up a suspicious envelope found at the US embassy in Madrid. It happened the day after a similar package sent to the Ukrainian embassy caught fire upon opening and injured an employee, reports TheWashington Post.

“We can confirm that the suspicious package has been received at the US Embassy in Madrid. We are aware of reports of other packages sent to other locations throughout Spain, ”the US embassy said in response to a request from the Associated Press.

“We are grateful to the Spanish law enforcement agencies for their assistance in this matter,” the department said.
The authorities cordoned off a vast area around the embassy, ​​located in the center of the Spanish capital.

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Spain on Dec. 1 stepped up security measures to counter a flood of explosive devices aimed at high-ranking officials, including the prime minister and Ukrainian ambassador in Madrid.

According to preliminary data, all five packages were sent from Spain, the country's deputy interior minister told reporters.

Rafael Perez, the junior minister responsible for security, said the makeshift devices were sent in brown packages containing flammable powder and a tripwire. They could cause a "sudden flame" rather than an explosion.

The parcels are addressed to the heads of the institutions to which they were sent.

Police said the dangerous packages had been delivered to the Spanish Ministry of Defense, a European Union support center located at the Torrejon de Ardoz air base near Madrid, and to a weapons factory in northeastern Spain that manufactures grenades shipped to Ukraine.

The target weapons factory is located in the northeastern city of Zaragoza. The parcel was addressed to the director of the plant.

A government official in Zaragoza said the packages from the arms factory and the Ukrainian embassy had the same email address listed as the sender. No further details were provided.

Authorities said sappers destroyed an explosive device that was sent by regular mail to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on November 24.

The Russian embassy in Madrid condemned the dangerous letters and said on Twitter that "any threat or terrorist attack, especially those directed at diplomatic missions, is completely condemned."

The package sent to the Ukrainian embassy is addressed to the country's ambassador in Spain. An employee working with it was slightly injured when it caught fire.

The Spanish National Court is investigating the incident as a terrorist act.

Perez said one of the devices detonated and injured a security officer at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid. Three others were blown up by security forces in controlled explosions, and one device was kept for investigative purposes.

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Officials said one of the packages had been sent to the director of the European Union Satellite Centre. The centre, known as SatCen, is the EU's geospatial intelligence body. Its tasks include monitoring Ukraine.

According to Perez, the package to the Defense Ministry was addressed to Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles. Spain has provided both military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion.

Robles visited Ukraine on November 21 to support its defense efforts with another aid package. Authorities did not provide details about the assistance, but said they did not want to hand over confidential information to Russian forces.

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Robles said the disturbing revelations of recent days will not affect Spain's full support for Ukraine.

"The police are investigating these incidents, but let's be clear about one thing," she said in Spanish. “None of these packages or any other violent act will change the clear and firm support that Spain and other NATO and EU countries provide to Ukraine.”

Sending small explosive devices in postal mail is not uncommon in many countries. For many years they were a common sight in Spain, especially during the years of the most active activity of the now defunct armed Basque group ETA.

Pérez said security measures at public buildings had been stepped up after a package sent to the Spanish prime minister was discovered. The move has now extended to embassies, which have already taken extra security measures since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February.

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