Ukraine Embassy In Spain Employee Injured By Letter Bomb

An employee of the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid has been lightly injured while opening a letter bomb, Ukrainian and Spanish officials say.

Eko Hot Blog reports that the male employee was taken to hospital for treatment but “his life is not in danger”, said Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko.

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He added that Ukrainian embassies have been ordered to “urgently” increase security after Wednesday’s blast.

A Spanish bomb disposal unit has been deployed, and the area sealed off.

No one has so far claimed responsibility for the blast in Madrid’s north-eastern Hortaleza district.

Spanish police said they received a report about the explosion at around 13:00 local time (12:00 GMT) on Wednesday.

Police said the letter was addressed to the Ukrainian ambassador in Spain.

Mr. Nikolenko said that whoever was behind the blast “will not succeed in intimidating Ukrainian diplomats or stopping their daily work on strengthening Ukraine and countering Russian aggression”.

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Russia – which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February – has not commented on Wednesday’s incident.

Source: BBC

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