MADRID: A pensioner is to appear in the dock in Spain for allegedly sending several letter bombs, including to the US embassy and Spanish Prime Minist...
: A pensioner is to appear in the dock in Spain for allegedly sending several letter bombs, including to the US embassy and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro SánchezThe 74-year-old is charged with terrorism as well as the manufacture and use of explosive devices for terrorist purposes, the state court announced in Madrid on Thursday.The series of letter bombs caused a great stir in Spain at the end of November 2022.
The letter bombs were sent to Sánchez as well as to the embassies of the United States and Ukraine. A defence company that supplied products to Ukraine, as well as Defence Minister Margarita Robles and the EU Satellite Centre at the Torrejón airbase had also received letter bombs.
As media reported at the time, citing the police, the six consignments contained homemade mechanisms with a relatively small amount of pyrotechnic material and small metal balls.Bernama