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Spanish officials say a suspicious envelope has been discovered at the US Embassy in Madrid and placed under police control.
The finding on Thursday came as police reported a wave of explosive packages being sent in Spain’s capital, including one that ignited at the Ukrainian Embassy.
Police said other explosive devices concealed in postal packages were sent over the past two days to Spain’s Defence Ministry, a European Union satellite centre in Spain and an arms factory that makes grenades sent to Ukraine.
The Spanish Interior Ministry said police detonated the envelope detected at the US Embassy. There were no reports of injuries.
Authorities also said that a similar explosive device was dispatched by regular post to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on November 24, but was disposed of by bomb squad experts.
The latest discoveries raise to five the number of explosive devices that were sent by post around the country over the past few days.
The Russian embassy in Madrid on Thursday condemned the letter bombs, saying in a tweet that any threat or terrorist attack, especially those directed at diplomatic missions, are totally condemnable”.
