The Ukrainian embassy in Lisbon received two suspicious envelopes this Monday afternoon after calling the PSP that is in the place with means from the Special Police Unit, a police source has informed Lusa.
The Ukrainian embassy in Lisbon confirmed to Lusa that it called the Public Security Police after having identified “suspicious correspondence”.
According to information collected by the TSF and confirmed with the PSP, Avenida das Descobertas – where this embassy is located – is temporarily closed to traffic. The police justify the decision by reinforcing security measures at diplomatic facilities.
Circulation will be restored, says the police, as soon as the necessary conditions are met, without indicating, for now, when this will happen. For now, he only asks citizens to follow the instructions of the agents on site.
On Friday, the Portuguese authorities reinforced the protection of the Ukrainian embassy in Lisbon and admitted having reassessed the threat level in Portugal, after entities in Spain received booby-trapped letters, the Internal Security System (SSI) announced.
In response to a request for clarification from Lusa, following the news of the receipt of at least six trap letters in Spain, the SSI confirmed that the Anti-Terrorist Coordination Unit (UCAT), which operates within the framework of the Internal Security System, ” is closely monitoring the situation” and that it is in “close coordination with its Spanish, European and international partners”.
“If, as a result of this cooperation with Spain and international partners, and our internal analysis, a reassessment of the threat and security level is justified, the competent authorities will immediately take the corresponding and appropriate alert and security measures.” , he added. Also the office of the general secretary of the SSI, Paulo Vizeu Pinheiro.
Source: TSF
