By using this website you agree that we use cookies. You can find out more in the privacy policy.
Bombay Durpun - Ukraine embassy guard in Madrid 'lightly' injured by letter bomb
-
-
Choose a language
Automatically close in : 3
Wie gewohnt mit Werbung lesen
Nutzen Sie Bombay Durpun mit personalisierter Werbung, Werbetracking, Nutzungsanalyse und externen Multimedia-Inhalten. Details zu Cookies und Verarbeitungszwecken sowie zu Ihrer jederzeitigen Widerrufsmöglichkeit finden Sie unten, im Cookie-Manager sowie in unserer Datenschutzerklärung.
Use Bombay Durpun with personalised advertising, ad tracking, usage analysis and external multimedia content. Details on cookies and processing purposes as well as your revocation option at any time can be found below, in the cookie manager as well as in our privacy policy.
Utilizar Bombay Durpun con publicidad personalizada, seguimiento de anuncios, análisis de uso y contenido multimedia externo. Los detalles sobre las cookies y los propósitos de procesamiento, así como su opción de revocación en cualquier momento, se pueden encontrar a continuación, en el gestor de cookies, así como en nuestra política de privacidad.
Utilisez le Bombay Durpun avec des publicités personnalisées, un suivi publicitaire, une analyse de l'utilisation et des contenus multimédias externes. Vous trouverez des détails sur les cookies et les objectifs de traitement ainsi que sur votre possibilité de révocation à tout moment ci-dessous, dans le gestionnaire de cookies ainsi que dans notre déclaration de protection des données.
Utilizzare Bombay Durpun con pubblicità personalizzata, tracciamento degli annunci, analisi dell'utilizzo e contenuti multimediali esterni. I dettagli sui cookie e sulle finalità di elaborazione, nonché la possibilità di revocarli in qualsiasi momento, sono riportati di seguito nel Cookie Manager e nella nostra Informativa sulla privacy.
Utilizar o Bombay Durpun com publicidade personalizada, rastreio de anúncios, análise de utilização e conteúdo multimédia externo. Detalhes sobre cookies e fins de processamento, bem como a sua opção de revogação em qualquer altura, podem ser encontrados abaixo, no Gestor de Cookies, bem como na nossa Política de Privacidade.
A security guard at Ukraine's embassy in Madrid was lightly injured Wednesday while opening a letter bomb addressed to the Ukrainian ambassador, prompting Kyiv to boost security at its embassies.
Text size:
The letter, which arrived by regular post, exploded as the guard opened it in the embassy garden, said the central government's representative in Madrid, Mercedes Gonzalez.
The guard was discharged from hospital later Wednesday and returned to work, Ukraine's ambassador to Spain, Serhii Pohoreltsev, said.
In an interview with Spanish state television, Pohoreltsev appeared to blame Russia: "We are well aware of the terrorist methods of the aggressor country," he said.
"Russia's methods and attacks require us to be ready for any kind of incident, provocation or attack," he added.
Spain's National Police force were informed of an explosion at the embassy at around 1:00 pm (1200 GMT), a police source said.
The source said the guard was "lightly" injured and "went himself to a hospital" for treatment.
Police put a security cordon around the embassy, which is in a leafy residential area in northern Madrid.
A man who lives in front of the embassy, who asked not to be identified, told AFP he had heard the explosion.
"I thought it was gunshot. It was not too loud," he said.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba ordered the strengthening of security at all Ukrainian embassies, Ukraine's foreign ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko said on social media after the letter bomb went off.
Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares spoke with the ambassador over the phone "to ask about the well-being of the Ukrainian worker who was injured," the Spanish foreign ministry said in a statement.
Albares also contacted Kuleba by phone to express his "support and solidarity", it added.