Spanish security authorities are investigating letter bombs that were sent to several political, military, and diplomatic facilities in the last few weeks, Politico reports.
The explosive devices were sent to several important institutions. On the 1st of December, the Security Service of the US Embassy discovered an explosive device among the mail items received. The area around the embassy was cordoned off and police were working at the embassy to defuse the bomb. There were no victims.
This was only one of the cases when a letter bomb was received. The other bombs were sent to the Ukrainian embassy, the Spanish prime minister’s office, the Spanish defense ministry, a weapons factory, and a military base. The list of recipients suggests that the bombs are linked to Russia. Spain actively supports Ukraine and recently reported about a new military aid package to Ukraine. A Spanish court has started investigating the possible terrorist attack, and exceptional security measures are being observed in public buildings, although no terrorist threat has been declared in the country.
The first letter bomb was reported on the 30th of November. An employee of the Ukrainian embassy was injured when opening a package with a bomb. The package was addressed to Sergi Pohoreltsev, Ambassador of Ukraine. After the incident, Dmytro Kuleba, Ukrainian Foreign Affairs minister ordered to strengthen the security measures in the embassies of other countries as well.
Pohoreltsev said that the bombs could be related to Russia: «We know that our enemy is a terrorist state, and we can expect anything.»
The Russian embassy in Spain has denied this information, stating that Russia has nothing to do with terrorist threats or acts, especially against other embassies.
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