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bemildred

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Fri Dec 19, 2014, 10:03 AM Dec 2014

Man rams car into headquarters of Spain's ruling party

(Reuters) - A unemployed Spaniard who said he was a ruined businessman rammed a car containing gas cylinders into the headquarters of Spain's ruling People's Party in Madrid on Friday, triggering a police alert, official spokesmen said.

No one was injured in the incident, a emergency services spokesman said.

Police cordoned off the central Madrid street where the PP building stands and shut down nearby metro stations. Bomb disposal experts were examining the car as a precaution, a police spokeswoman said.

The car crashed into the glass front of the building at high speed, entered the lobby and nearly hit a cleaning lady, former Madrid mayor Esperanza Aguirre told a radio station.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/19/us-spain-attack-car-idUSKBN0JX0KG20141219

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