It was reported that materials used to make explosives were found in the suspect’s home. It is assumed that he is preparing to send new letters with bombs.
Spanish police discovered a bomb-making workshop in the home of a 74-year-old man accused of sending 6 letters containing explosives to senior diplomatic and government officials. He writes about the Associated Press.
Spain’s National Court said earlier that it had been charged with six crimes for sending bomb letters to the retired country’s prime minister and the US and Ukrainian embassies in Madrid.
The publication states that the suspect appeared in court on Friday, January 27. Objects were found in his apartment that suggest he made the bombs himself.
“Inspectors found a workshop inside the house with tools, welding, metal elements and screws,” the Spanish Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The suspect is reportedly preparing to send a new batch of letters filled with explosives.
Recall that the man was arrested on Wednesday, January 25. The man was arrested in the city of Miranda de Ebro in Burgos state.
Letters with explosives in Spain: a chronology of events
same Focus He wrote that on November 30, 2022, an explosion occurred at the Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid: an envelope with an explosive in the mail exploded in the hands of the commander of the diplomatic mission. As a result, an embassy employee was slightly injured.
It was later learned that the package was intended for Sergei Pogoreltsev, the Ambassador of Ukraine to Spain. According to the diplomat, more serious consequences were avoided thanks to the reaction and professional actions of the employees of the diplomatic department.
Following this, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba ordered that the security of the country’s foreign embassies be urgently increased.
Source: Focus
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