Explosion at Ukrainian embassy in Madrid injures one person
Explosion at Ukrainian embassy in Madrid injures one person
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November 30, 2022 9:09am
Scene shows police at the Ukrainian embassy in Spain where an explosion occurred
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A letter bomb detonated at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid on Wednesday, injuring a security officer, officials said.
“An explosive device hidden in an envelope detonated inside the embassy of Ukraine in Madrid. One staff member injured,” Oleg Nikolenko, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, said early Wednesday.
The letter, which arrived by ordinary mail and was not scanned, was sent to Ambassador Serhii Pohoreltsev and exploded when the staffer opened it, according to local newspaper El Mundo.
The origin of the letter is not known at this time.
The staff member suffered minor injuries and was able to take himself to the hospital.
The explosion caused “a very small wound on the ring finger of the right hand” of the employee involved, according to Mercedes Gonzalez, the Spanish government’s representative in Madrid. PREVIOUS
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Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba ordered all Ukrainian embassies abroad to “urgently” strengthen their security.
The minister urged his Spanish counterparts to “take urgent measures to investigate the attack” and to not allow whoever was behind the attack to intimidate Ukrainian diplomats or stop their “work on strengthening Ukraine and countering Russian aggression.”103
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Detectives are investigating the incident alongside forensic and intelligence investigators.
Spain’s High Court will lead the investigation.
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