Ukraine:Letter Bomb Attack: Officials said that a similar explosive was sent to Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on November 24 by ordinary post, but the bomb disposal squad defused it. He told that five incidents of sending explosives through post have come to the fore in a few days.
Blast in Spain: Three diplomatic missions of the country have received threatening letters a day after the letter bomb blast at the Ukraine Embassy in Spain. These letters were soaked in red ink. Interfax Ukraine quoted a senior official as saying this. The agency reported that Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said the incidents were an attempt to intimidate Ukrainian diplomats. Kubela said in a statement, ‘If they have started targeting embassies, it means they are scared of us. There was a symbolic threat to Ukraine in these letters. When these bombs were found, they were soaked in red ink.
On Wednesday, there was an explosion at the Ukrainian embassy when an employee opened the letter addressed to the ambassador. However, the condition of the injured employee in this incident is not very serious. Immediately after the incident, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba instructed to increase the security of all Ukrainian embassies. He had also requested his Spanish counterpart to take steps for an immediate investigation. Spain’s national court is investigating the case as a terrorist incident.
- Explosives were sent by post
Spanish officials said on Thursday that explosives had been found in packages sent by mail to the country’s defense ministry building, a satellite center at an air force base on the outskirts of Madrid and a factory that makes hand grenades. He told that this recovery took place a day after the explosion in the ‘letter bomb’ sent by post in the embassy of Ukraine in Madrid.
- Five incidents have come to the fore
Officials said a similar explosive was sent by ordinary post to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on November 24, but was defused by the bomb disposal squad. He told that five incidents of sending explosives through post have come to the fore in a few days. Police said that all but one of the four letter bombs have been defused. The factory in which the grenade launcher is manufactured has also been exported to Ukraine.
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