Spanish police arrest suspect in 2022 parcel bomb |
MIRANDA DEL EBRO, Spain, 25 january (Reuters) – Spanish police on Wednesday in November and December Ukraine and USA a 74-year-old man suspected of sending parcel bombs to targets including embassies and the prime minister’s office and the Ministry of Interior imprisonment did. The ministry said.
The man was detained in the northern city of Miranda de Ebro and the police searched his house.
The Ministry said that the suspect has technological knowledge and in social networks is a retired Spanish citizen with PGP letters who is very active.
“Although it is assumed that the detained person prepared and sent the explosive devices himself, the police does not exclude the participation or influence of other persons in the events”, the information added.
Minister of Internal Affairs Fernando Grande-Marlasca behind the attacks Russia He refused to comment on the news about his group.
“We are working on all possibilities,” Grande-Marlasca told reporters from Vitoria. “The investigation is very advanced and we can be very pleased indeed.”
Armed officers escorted people away from the low-rise building that housed the man’s third-floor apartment in a blue-collar neighborhood.
In the video presented by the Ministry of Internal Affairs court-when medical experts take photos the police officers and a sniffer dog are shown searching for a silver Peugeot car parked outside. It appeared that the police also entered the locked garage.
According to witnesses, the suspect stayed at home while the search was being conducted.
The city spokesman said that before retiring in 2013, the man worked at the city hall of Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of Bask. Miranda de Ebro is 35 km (22 mi) southeast of Vitoria.
Between November 24 and December 2, a total of six packages containing explosives were sent. They went to two embassies and Prime Minister In addition to the office of Pedro Sánchez, the Ministry of Defense, weather addressed to the military base and the weapons manufacturer.
Most of them have been neutralized, although Ukraine the employee of the embassy was slightly injured when it caught fire.
The ministry said that investigators concluded that all six packages were sent from the city of Burgos.
A source close to the investigation told Reuters in early December that all the packages were mailed from Valladolid, a two-hour drive from Miranda del Ebro.
The New York Times wrote on Sunday that investigators Russia with ties to Spanish far-right organizations believed to be linked to intelligence Russia They focused on the Imperial Movement.
Spanish officials declined to comment on the report, a high-profile one court and the source denied having knowledge of such a line of inquiry.
Court the source said that the suspect on Friday Ali He will come to court.
Reporting by Vincent West, Inti Landauro, Belen Carreño, Emma Pinedo and David Latona; Edited by Andrey Khalip, Sharon Singleton, and Kevin Liffey
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2023-01-25 22:37:21
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