MADRID: The Spanish prime minister received a booby-trapped letter last week which was "similar" to one which exploded on Wednesday at Ukraine's embassy in Madrid, lightly injuring an employee, officials said Thursday.

Security staff carried out a "controlled explosion" of the mailed item, whose "content was similar" to that found in other letters sent to the Ukrainian embassy, an air force base, the defense ministry and a military equipment firm.

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