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MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto said on Monday she had received a knife covered in red stains in the post, and police announced they had identified a suspect.
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El Pais newspaper, La Sexta television and other media reported that the main suspect was a man with mental health issues and that police were not linking the incident to a recent series of death threats to other public figures.
Reuters could not confirm those reports independently.
Politicians across the political spectrum initially raised the alarm when Maroto said she received the package. The knife had arrived on Friday with a return address on the package, she said.
By Reuters Staff
3 Min Read
MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto said on Monday she had received a knife covered in red stains in the post, and police announced they had identified a suspect.
FILE PHOTO: Spain s Industry Minister Maria Reyes Maroto arrives to attend the first cabinet meeting at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, January 14, 2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera
El Pais newspaper, La Sexta television and other media reported that the main suspect was a man with mental health issues and that police were not linking the incident to a recent series of death threats to other public figures.
EuropeSpanish tourism minister receives red-stained knife, follows death threats to others
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Spain s Industry Minister Maria Reyes Maroto arrives to attend the first cabinet meeting at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, January 14, 2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Spanish Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto said on Monday she had received a knife covered in red stains by post, days after senior security officials and a left-wing party leader were sent death threats.
The ministry released a photo showing a small, wood-handled folding knife with a series of red stains running up the blade. This is serious.We should be concerned as I m not a controversial person, said Maroto, a socialist who has served as minister of industry, trade and tourism since 2018.
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