A nail bomb was discovered today next to the confessional in Almudena Cathedral, Madrid. The device was defused by police, and did not explode.
Below is a brief report on the incident from Expatica:
Police Defuse Bomb in Madrid Cathedral
Spanish police on Thursday defused a nail bomb found next to a confessional in the Almudena Cathedral in the historic heart of Madrid, officials said.
A priest found the bomb in a bin bag and evacuated the cathedral, a tourist attraction next to the city’s old royal palace, a spokesman for the archbishopric of Madrid told AFP.
A bomb disposal team came and defused the device, “composed of a detonator, 200 grammes (seven ounces) of gunpowder, a metal gas canister-type container full of nails, and an alarm clock,” a police spokesman added.
Many thanks to our Spanish correspondent Hermes for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for subtitling this news video from Spanish TV:
Transcript:
| 00:01 | The canon found the bomb at noon, here next to the confessional. | |
| 00:07 | ‘We saw a suspicious package; the janitor thought it was a garbage bag and took it away, | |
| 00:13 | but it was strange so we called the police.’ It was heavy: 1200g of gunpowder, 1kg of screws, | |
| 00:19 | a camping gas cylinder and an alarm clock. ‘It must have been placed beside this confessional | |
| 00:25 | between noon and 1 pm, because the priest found the bag with explosives only after coming out of it. | |
| 00:31 | Immediately after a warning was raised, the cathedral was evacuated, and the police proceeded to | |
| 00:37 | disable the device. ‘Yes, people went out; there were a lot of tourists, a huge group of visitors, | |
| 00:43 | but we warned through the loudspeaker that the cathedral would be closed.’ ‘We were inside, and | |
| 00:49 | suddenly the police came in saying there was an explosive device, and the cathedral had to be evacuated.’ | |
| 00:55 | The cathedral was cordoned off and closed for four hours, so tourists and the faithful had to turn back, | |
| 01:01 | hardly believing what had happened. ‘An explosive device? Really? It seems unbelievable.’ | |
| 01:07 | Experts said it was not a very powerful device, and would have not done much damage, but | |
| 01:13 | the happy ending was like a miracle for the priest. ‘Yes, the Virgin of Almudena did a lot of them for Madrid.’ | |
| 01:19 | Investigations are under way. Whoever was responsible may have been mentally disturbed or an anarchist | |
| 01:25 | group. The last seems more plausible, given that one month ago a device which was inside a | |
| 01:31 | package addressed to a member of the Legionnaires of Christ exploded at a post office. |
Hat tip for the article: Steen.
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