an employee Ukrainian Embassy Madrid According to the information reported to Efe by the police sources, he was slightly injured as a result of the explosion of a device in the diplomatic delegation and was taken to the Nuestra Señora de América hospital in the capital. The envelope contained a small homemade explosive, police sources told EFE.
The letter was addressed to the ambassador. Serhii PohoreltsevAs he himself told the Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, Who called you to inquire about the situation? The letter was opened by an embassy administrator who was slightly injured. “We are all good”Diplomatic sources from the embassy reassured this newspaper, but they did not want to give more details about the situation, for example why the explosive did not pass through the control scanner.
The explosion occurred after the employee opened the envelope, causing minor injuries, and was being treated at Nuestra Señora de América Hospital in the capital, where he came under his own power. He was discharged shortly after.
The National Court’s investigation into the incident Warden number 4 of the Investigation Courtaccording to information provided by a spokesperson for that organization. The person who will decide whether to initiate a preliminary investigation and who will undertake the investigation of these facts will be its owner, Judge José Luis Calama.
Ministry of Interior resources, for their part, after 13:00 The National Police received a tip flare The incident that occurred at the Ukrainian Embassy when one of the workers addressed a letter.
The police engaged anti-terrorism protocol and cordoned off the embassy area at 52 Ronda Aubilla.
Troops specialized in defusing explosives went to the area, tedaxin addition to other police units.
The National Police is investigating the facts with the participation of the police. scientific police and Provincial Information Brigade.
For now, The embassy did not want to confirm the incident. nor comment on it.
By regular mail and without passing the browser
The letter came from the regular postman by regular mail and did not pass through the browser before it was opened by the security operator The responsible informed Mercedes González, the Government delegate in Madrid.
In an interview on ‘Telemadrid’ collected by Europa Press, González addressed the ambassador that the envelope, opened in the garden from embassy offices. When he opened it, the explosive substance he was carrying exploded. small wounds on the ring finger worker’s right hand.
For all these reasons, the representative of the central government in Madrid asked for peace and quiet as well as time for the police to investigate the source of the letter. He also reminded that Spain is on the 4th level of anti-terror alert.
Ukraine increases the security of all its embassies
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dimitro Kuleba ordered the strengthening of security at all diplomatic missions abroad After the letter bomb exploded at the Madrid Embassy.
Ukrainian Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko confirmed the incident in a statement.
Kuleba urged his Spanish counterpart, José Manuel Albares, to take “urgent” measures to clarify the attack, but stressed that security forces had already been deployed in the area.
The Ukrainian minister also warned that such attacks or threats would not serve to intimidate diplomatic staff abroad or to interrupt their daily work to combat Russian aggression.