Ukraine embassy guard in Madrid ‘lightly’ injured by letter bomb

Thu, 2022-12-01 02:42

MADRID: A security guard at Ukraine’s embassy in Madrid was slightly injured on Wednesday while opening a letter bomb addressed to Ukraine’s ambassador, prompting Kyiv to step up security at its embassy.

Mercedes Gonzalez, the central government’s representative in Madrid, said the letter, which arrived by regular post, exploded in the afternoon as soon as guards opened it in the embassy’s garden.

The guard was discharged from the hospital later on Wednesday and returned to work, said Serhiy Pohoreltsev, Ukraine’s ambassador to Spain.

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