Valencia's mayoress receives a bullet in the post as bomb hoaxes centre on the city
Friday, January 9, 2015 @ 6:11 PM
A SUSPECT package has reportedly been found in the centre of Valencia just hours after one was seen on the metro in Madrid, and Valencia's mayoress has received an anonymous parcel containing a bullet.
Police and the Armed Forces were reported to have filled the main shopping street, the C/ Colón, and comments flooded social networks today (Friday) warning visitors to and residents in Valencia city centre to 'be careful'.
But National Police say the rumours are 'false' and there is no such suspect package, the metro is running normally through Xàtiva and Colón stations – the nearest to the street in question – and no security forces have been drafted in.
However, reports of the mayoress, Rita Barberá, receiving a bullet in the post have been confirmed.
It arrived via standard mail in a padded 'Jiffy-bag'-type envelope, with the address written in black marker pen, and was identified as a nine-millimetre Parabellum – the type normally used by the Basque terrorist cell ETA.
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