{"id":1758559,"date":"2022-12-01T15:02:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T20:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1758559"},"modified":"2022-12-01T15:02:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T20:02:59","slug":"letter-bomb-discovered-at-u-s-embassy-in-spain-following-explosion-at-ukrainian-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/letter-bomb-discovered-at-u-s-embassy-in-spain-following-explosion-at-ukrainian-embassy\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter Bomb Discovered At U.S. Embassy In Spain Following Explosion At Ukrainian Embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fletter-bomb-discovered-at-u-s-embassy-in-spain-following-explosion-at-ukrainian-embassy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1758559&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. Embassy in Madrid announced that it discovered a letter bomb one day after a similar device exploded at the Ukrainian Embassy in Spain, injuring one staff member.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can confirm a suspicious package was received at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, and are aware of reports of other packages sent to other locations throughout Spain,\u201d the U.S. Embassy said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/spain-letter-bomb-suspicious-package-us-embassy-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful to Spanish law enforcement for their assistance with this matter,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities detonated the envelope Thursday morning, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/spain-letter-bomb-suspicious-package-us-embassy-madrid\/\">according<\/a> to CBS News. The mailing is being investigated as a terrorist act.<\/p>\n<p>The explosive package is now the sixth device sent to targets in Spain, including the Spanish defense ministry, an air force base, the Ukrainian Embassy, and a weapons manufacturer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/third-mail-bomb-found-spanish-air-force-base-el-mundo-reports-2022-12-01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Ukrainian Embassy, Oleg Nikolenko, said an explosive device was \u201chidden\u201d in an envelope and detonated early Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFM\u00a0@DmytroKuleba\u00a0instructed to strengthen the security of all Ukrainian embassies,\u201d Nikolenko tweeted. \u201cHe also called on the Spanish authorities to urgently investigate this attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The envelope arrived by regular mail and was not scanned. The explosive device caused \u201ca very small wound on the ring finger of the right hand\u201d of the injured staffer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/spanish-police-say-blast-ukrainian-embassy-injured-one-employee-2022-11-30\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>The unidentified man reportedly visited a hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov and Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles met on Thursday to discuss the details of Spain\u2019s additional military aid package for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat must be very clear is that none of these deliveries or any other violent action will change the clear and firm commitment of Spain, NATO countries and the European Union to support Ukraine,\u201d she said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2022-12-01\/third-mail-bomb-found-in-spanish-air-force-base-el-mundo-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> from Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>No person or organization has yet taken responsibility for the letter bombs. Secretary of State for Security Rafael Perez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/12\/01\/europe\/spain-security-letter-bombs-intl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Thursday that the letters were likely sent from Spanish territory, though an investigation has yet to confirm their place of origin.<\/p>\n<p>The report also follows strong words by Secretary of State Antony Blinken against Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine during a press conference in Bucharest, Romania.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeat, water, electricity, for children, for the elderly, for the sick \u2014 these are President Putin\u2019s new targets. He\u2019s hitting them hard,\u201d Blinken\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/europe\/live-news\/russia-ukraine-war-news-11-30-22\/h_3b4bd4e985925e8b375eff751693d09b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Wednesday. \u201cThis brutalization of Ukraine\u2019s people is barbaric.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blinken\u2019s visit came as the U.S. announced $53 million more in aid to help Ukrainians following attacks on civilian infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Embassy in Madrid announced that it discovered a letter bomb one day after a similar device exploded at the Ukrainian Embassy in Spain, injuring one staff member. \u201cWe can confirm a suspicious package was received at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, and are aware of reports of other packages sent to other locations &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1758562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1758559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1758562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1758559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1758559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}