Spain finds more letter bombs after Ukraine embassy blast

Published December 1, 2022 7:01 AM

By CIARÁN GILES
Associated Press

MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say they have discovered explosive devices hidden in postal packages that were sent to Spain’s Defense Ministry, a military base and an arms factory that makes grenades sent to Ukraine. Thursday’s discoveries follow the injury of an employee at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid Wednesday when a similar package addressed to the ambassador burst into flames after it was opened. Spanish authorities also disclosed that a similar package was sent to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez a week ago, but was disposed of by bomb squad experts. The Russian embassy in Madrid condemned the actions in a message on Twitter Thursday.

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