SPAIN-ATTACK/CAR-RAJOY Spanish PM visits People's Party HQ where man rammed car into building

Record ID: 355071

  • Title: SPAIN-ATTACK/CAR-RAJOY Spanish PM visits People's Party HQ where man rammed car into building
  • Date: 19th December 2014
  • Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (DECEMBER 19, 2014) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF PEOPLE'S PARTY (PP) WITH SIGN READING "PP" POLICE OUTSIDE BUILDING CAR CARRYING RAJOY ENTERING CAR PARK RAJOY OUTSIDE PP HEADQUARTERS LOOKING WORRIED AND WAVING AS JOURNALIST CALLS HIS NAME AND THEN NODDING GIVING A NEGATIVE SIGN AND TALKING TO PP OFFICIALS VARIOUS OF CLEAN-UP OUTSIDE PP HEADQUARTERS POLICE AND CLEANI
  • Embargoed: 3rd January 2015 12:00
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  • Location: Spain
  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA3YUE6ZKDIUI9MUYUS8WLX0SA8
  • Story Text: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy examined the damage at his People's Party headquarters after an unemployed Spanish man who said he was a ruined businessman rammed a car containing gas cylinders into the building on Friday (December 19), triggering a police alert.
    No one was injured in the incident, an emergency services spokesman said.
    The attack happened just after 07:00 (06:00 GMT) police said.
    Police said the driver was a 37 year old man who claimed he had economic problems. He was arrested by police. Two cylinders of butane gas were found in his vehicle as well as a substance that is being analysed by police, police spokesperson Laura Garaboa said.
    Police cordoned off the central Madrid street where the PP building stands and shut down nearby metro stations.
    The car crashed into the glass front of the building at high speed. The car was removed before 13:00 (12:00GMT).
    A government spokesman said the man was a businessman who sought revenge for current political policy.
    Spain has the second-highest unemployment rate in Europe after Greece and nearly half of the 5.4 million jobless have been out of work for more than two years, meaning they can no longer claim benefits.
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