A suspect was arrested about two months after a series of letter bomb attacks in Spain. The 74-year-old man was arrested on the street in Miranda de Ebro, about 300 kilometers north of Madrid, state television station RTVE and other media reported today, quoting the spokesman for the Spanish national police. According to dpa, the authorities confirmed this information.
At the time, the Spanish government had not ruled out that the series of letter bombs in late November could be linked to the war in Ukraine. The six shipments were sent to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the US and Ukrainian embassies, among others.
A defense company whose products were supplied to Ukraine, as well as Defense Minister Margarita Robles and the EU Satellite Center at Torrejon Air Force Base each received one of these letter bombs.
As reported by the media, citing the police, the programs contained homemade mechanisms with a relatively small amount of pyrotechnic material and small metal balls. Only one shipment exploded. An employee of the Ukrainian embassy was wounded in the hand.