SPAIN-ATTACK/CAR Vehicle rams into headquarters of Spain's ruling party

Record ID: 355080

  • Title: SPAIN-ATTACK/CAR Vehicle rams into headquarters of Spain's ruling party
  • Date: 19th December 2014
  • Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (DECEMBER 19, 2014) (REUTERS) POLICE TAPE/VAN NEAR PEOPLE'S PARTY HEADQUARTERS POLICE STANDING POLICE TAPE VIEW BEHIND POLICE TAPE TOWARDS PP HEADQUARTERS POLICE POLICE TAPE AND VAN CONTAINING OBJECTS REMOVED FROM CAR THAT RAMMED INTO PEOPLE'S PARTY HEADQUARTERS POLICE HEADING TO POSITIONS ROBOT BEHIND POLICE TAPE ON STREET LEADING TO PP HEADQUARTERS ROBOT MO
  • Embargoed: 3rd January 2015 12:00
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  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA9Z4YT8LKY4VZ9C89O6XXXYTOX
  • Story Text: A Spanish businessman drove a car containing gas cylinders into the headquarters of Spain's ruling People's Party on Friday (December 19), triggering a major police alert.
    Police used dozens of police cars to shut off the central Madrid street where the PP building stands. Bomb disposal experts were examining the vehicle as a precaution.
    No one was injured in the incident, a emergency services spokesman said. The driver of the car who has been arrested was a Spanish businessman who had lost his properties, a government spokesman said. The man has been arrested.
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