Ukrainian embassies obtain ‘bloody’ packages containing animal eyes, letter bombs

There have been 17 instances of embassies receiving both letter bombs, false bomb letters, or letters containing animal components, just like the eyes of cows and pigs.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 3, 2022 08:49 IST

A courier makes an attempt to ship packages as police cordon off the perimeter exterior the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid after a bloody bundle arrived on the embassy. (Image: Reuters)

By India Today Web Desk: Plenty of Ukrainian embassies in Europe obtained “bloody” packages containing animal eyes and in addition obtained letter bombs earlier this week.

Ukraine’s embassy in Madrid obtained a parcel containing animal eyes on Friday, the newest in a sequence of comparable “bloody packages” despatched to its diplomatic missions throughout Europe, Ukrainian and Spanish officers mentioned.

On Friday, police cordoned off the compound within the Spanish capital and began looking out the world with sniffer canine, as reported by The Guardian.

There have been 17 instances of embassies receiving both letter bombs, false bomb letters, or letters containing animal components, just 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 overseas ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko mentioned, Reuters reported.

“We are studying the meaning of this message,” Nikolenko wrote in a press release on Facebook, including that Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has ordered all of the embassies and consulates involved to be positioned underneath heightened safety.

Ukrainian officers additionally mentioned the doorway of the Ukrainian ambassador’s residence within the Vatican was vandalised and {that a} false bomb risk was obtained concerning its embassy in Kazakhstan.

The bloody missives observe the reception of six letter bombs despatched prior to now week to addresses in Spain together with Ukraine’s embassy in Madrid, the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, and the US embassy in Madrid, prompting Spain to step up safety.

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Dec 3, 2022