Spain: intercept an envelope with pyrotechnic materials in the name of the Prime Minister.

On November 24, the security services of the Presidium of the Government of Spain intercepted and neutralized an envelope with pyrotechnic material addressed to Chief Executive Pedro Sanchez, the Ministry of the Interior announced this Thursday.

In addition, this Thursday the Ministry of Defense received another suspicious envelope in the name of Minister Margherita Robles himself, discovered by the department’s security services, which notified the police explosives disposal teams (Tedax), sources in the investigation told EFE.

Other similar reports were received on Wednesday at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid, where an employee was slightly injured in an explosive explosion, and at the Instalaza de Zaragoza (North East) arms company, in addition to the one found this Thursday at the Torrejon de Ardoz air base. (Madrid) contacted the Satellite Center of the European Union.

Research progress

With regard to a shipment addressed to Pedro Sanchezby regular mail, the Ministry of the Interior emphasizes that it may contain a substance similar to that used in pyrotechnic devices.

The Department of Security under the President of the Government activated the relevant protocols and, after securing the area, began a controlled deflagration.

On the same day 24 and at the same time, the Secretary of State for Security of the Ministry of the Interior ordered the national security forces (police and civil guard) to strengthen the security of administrative and public buildings, especially with regard to the control of mail. supplies.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs clarified that this envelope would be “similar in its characteristics and content” to those received by the Ukrainian representative office, the arms company and the air base.

Pending the course of the investigation and the results, the Ministry of Internal Affairs assures that both the characteristics of the envelopes and their contents are the same in four cases, not counting the one that was sent to the Ministry of Defense, as this became known later.

The government this Wednesday ordered increased security measures around consular offices based in Spain, as well as in other areas that need special protection, a decision that complements the increased security introduced since the start of the war in Ukraine.

(As reported by EFE)

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