Letters with explosives in Spain: two envelopes could have come from Ukraine
Envelopes with explosives received by the Embassy of Ukraine in Madrid and the Instalaza arms company in Zaragoza in the Aragon region may be linked to Ukraine.
This is reported by The Guardian with reference to Spanish investigators.
On Wednesday, November 30, it became known about the explosion at the Ukrainian diplomatic mission in Madrid. Then the envelope was opened by an employee of the embassy, he suffered minor injuries to his hands.
The Ambassador of Ukraine to Spain Sergiy Pogoreltsev said that the package was addressed to him and handed over to the commandant of the embassy.
– There was a box in the parcel, which aroused suspicions in the commandant, and he decided to take it outside, so that no one was nearby, and open it. When he opened the box and heard a click, he threw it and immediately there was an explosion… Despite the fact that he was not holding the box at the time of the explosion, the commandant injured his hands and received a concussion, – Pogoreltsev said.
Immediately after the incident, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba ordered to strengthen security measures in all Ukrainian embassies.
A few hours later, a similar envelope was found at the Instalaza arms company, which produces C90 rocket launchers. The parcel was neutralized by bomb squad specialists.
Preliminary investigations suggest a link between the first two letters, as both envelopes appear to have originated in Ukraine and had the same sender’s email address.
Rosa Serrano, a spokeswoman for Spain’s central government in Aragon, said a Zaragoza arms company contacted police after it received a letter it wasn’t expecting.
– It was an envelope measuring 10 by 15 cm and just over a centimeter thick. The envelope was examined and X-rayed, and a small charge designed to explode when the letter was opened was found inside. We do not know that it was an explosive,” Serrano said.
According to her, the package for Instalaza had the same sender’s email address as the letter sent to the embassy in Madrid.
It should be recalled that parcels with explosives were also delivered to the air base of the Spanish Armed Forces in the municipality of Torrejon de Ardos.
Source: The Guardian, European Truth
