Ukrainian embassies receive ‘bloody’ packages containing animal eyes, letter bombs
NEW DELHI,DEC 3 : A number of Ukrainian embassies in Europe received “bloody” packages containing animal eyes and also received letter bombs earlier this week.
Ukraine’s embassy in Madrid received a parcel containing animal eyes on Friday, the latest in a series of similar “bloody packages” sent to its diplomatic missions across Europe, Ukrainian and Spanish officials said.
On Friday, police cordoned off the compound in the Spanish capital and started searching the area with sniffer dogs, as reported by The Guardian.
There have been 17 cases of embassies receiving either letter bombs, false bomb letters, or letters containing animal parts, like the eyes of cows and pigs.
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“The packages, soaked in a liquid with a distinctive colour and smell, have been sent to embassies in Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia and Italy, to general consulates in Naples and Krakow, and the consulate in Brno,” Ukraine foreign ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko said, Reuters reported.
“We are studying the meaning of this message,” Nikolenko wrote in a statement on Facebook, adding that Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has ordered all the embassies and consulates concerned to be placed under heightened security.
Ukrainian officials also said the entrance of the Ukrainian ambassador’s residence in the Vatican was vandalised and that a false bomb threat was received regarding its embassy in Kazakhstan.
The bloody missives follow the reception of six letter bombs sent in the past week to addresses in Spain including Ukraine’s embassy in Madrid, the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, and the US embassy in Madrid, prompting Spain to step up security.
-The India Today
